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Snow Particle System 243

Kinds of Snow

Note:

Blizzard (page 2–247)

is a more powerful

and advanced version of Snow. It provides all the

functionality of Snow, plus additional features.

Tip: To animate part icles following a path through

space, use the

Path Follow space warp (page 2–67)

Procedure

To create snow:

IntheCreatepanel,makesurethe

Geometry button is active and Part icle Systems

is selected from the object category drop-down

list, t hen click Snow.

2. Drag in a viewport to create the Snow emitter;

see

Creating a Particle Emitter (page 2–235)

Theemitter’sdirectionvectorpointsinthe

negative Z direction of the active construction

plane.

Interfa ce

Par ticles group

Viewport Count—Maximum number of particles

displayed in viewports at any given frame.

Tip: Setting the viewport count less than the render

count can im prove viewport performance.

Render Count—Maximum number of particles that

canappearinasingleframewhenyourenderit.