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Theparticlesourceiconisroughlyequivalentto
the cor responding
global event (page 3–1043)
in Particle View. They have the same name, but
selecting one does not select the other. If you delete
aparticlesourceiconfromthescene,thesoftware
converts the global event to an isolated local event
in Particle View, retaining its operators with their
settings intact. Any other events in the system
remain in Particle View, along with their wiring.
However, if you delete a g lobal event, the s oftware
also removes any local events used exclusively by
that system, as well as the corresponding particle
source icon. To retain the local events, first delete
thewirefromtheglobalevent,andthendeletethe
global event.
If you clone a particle source in a viewport with
SHIFT+transform or Edit menu > Clone, an equal
number of co pies of the global event appear in
Part icle View, each wired to the original
birth
event (page 3–1010)
.TheCloneOptionsdialog
offers only the Copy option. However, if you
clone a global event in Particle View, the Clone
Optionsdialogalsoletsyoucreateinstancesof
the cloned operators and tests. It’ s not possible
to create instances of global and local events, so
theseoptionsareunavailableintheCloneOptions
dialog, as a reminder. Also, global events cloned
in Particle View are not automatically wired to the
original birth event.
Inter face
Modifier stack
In the mo difier stack, expanding the hierarchy of a
Particle Flow source object provides access to two
sub-object levels: P article and Event. For further
information, see
Selection rollout (p age 2–134) .
Setup rollout
Usethesecontrolstoturntheparticlesystemon
and off, and to open Particle View.
Note: This rollout appears only on the Create and
Modify panels, not on the Particle View dialog >
parameters panel.
Enable Particle Emission—Turns the part icle system
on and off. Default=on.
You can also tur n off all particle flows in Particle
View with Edit menu > Turn Off All, or a specific
particle flow by right-clicking its global event’s
title bar and choosing Turn Off.
Particle V iew—Click to open the Particle View
dialog (page 2–121)
.
Emission rollout
Sets the physical characteristics of the emitter
(particlesource)icon,andthepercentageof