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real-time playback might skip a greater number
of fr ames. To see all frames, turn off Time
Configurat ion > Real Time.
Use Dy namic Names—When on, action names in
events are followed by their most important setting
or settings, in parentheses. When off, only the
names appear. Default=on.
Par ticle View Event Display
Select a Particle Flow source icon. > Modify panel > Setup
rollout > Click Par ticle View (or press 6).
Create panel > Geometry > Particle Systems > Object
Type rollout > Click PF Source. > Setup rollout > Click
Particle View (or press 6).
The event display (page 3–1029) in Particle View
contains the particle diagram, and provides a
complete range o f intuitive functions for editing
theparticlesystem.
Note: Anumberofthesefunctionsarealsoavailable
from the
event display right-click menu (page
2–129)
,aswellasthe menu bar (page 2–122) .
Editing t he Par ticl e Dia gram a nd Par ticle
System
Interactive functionality in event display includes
the followi ng:
General
• To add an action to the p art icle system, drag it
from the depot to the event display. If you drop
it in an empty area of the event display, it creates
a new event. If you drag it to an existing event,
the result depends on whether a red line or a
blue line appears when you d rop it. If a red l ine,
the new action replaces the underly ing ac tion.
If a blue line, the action is inserted in the list.
• To edit an action’s parameters, click its name
in an event. The parameters appear on the
rightsideofParticleView. Ifnot,itmeans
the parameters panel is hidden; to display it,
choose Display menu > Parameters.
•
To w i re a t e s t t o a n e v e nt , d r a g
from its
test output ,thebluedotthatbydefault
sticks out to the left of the test, to the event’s
event input , w hich sticks out from the top, or
vice-versa. Similarly, you can wire a global
event to a birth event by dragging between the
source output on the bottom of the global event
and t he event input. The mouse cursor changes
tothefirstdepictedimagewhenyoucanbegin
this operation, and to the second image when
you can complete it.
• To pan or zoom the event display, use the
controls available from the
Display menu (page
2–125)
,the rig ht-click menu (page 2–129) ,or
as icons at the bottom-right of the dialog.
Modifying Ac tions and Events in the Event
Display
• To change the color used by a Display operator,
click its color swatch to the right of its name.
•
To toggle an operator (that is, turn it off
and on), click its icon in the event. The mouse
cursor changes to the depicted im age when this
action is possible.
A turned-off operator does not affect t he
particle system, and appears as gray in t he event
list; however, its parameters are still available
for editing.
Togg ling an instanced operator doesn’t affect
its other instances.
•
To toggle an event (that
is,turnitoffandon),clickthelight-bulbicon
next to its name in the title bar. Turning off
an event is equivalent to turning off all of its