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Path Follow Space Warp............................................ 67
Gravity Space Warp................................................... 69
Wind Space Warp...................................................... 71
Displace Space Warp ................................................. 72
Deflectors ................................................................ 74
POmniFlect Space Warp ........................................... 74
PDynaFlect Space Warp............................................ 77
SOmniFlect Space Warp ........................................... 80
SDynaFlect Space Warp ............................................ 81
UOmniFlect Space Warp .......................................... 81
UDynaFlect Space Warp ........................................... 82
SDeflector Space Warp.............................................. 83
UDeflector Space Warp................ ............................. 85
Deflector Space Warp............................. ................... 86
Geometric/Deformable .......................................... 87
FFD(Box) Space Warp .............................................. 87
FFD(Cyl) Space Warp ............................................... 91
Wave Space Warp ............................ .......................... 96
Ripple Space Warp ... ................................................. 98
Conform Space Warp.......................................... ...... 99
Bomb Space Warp ............................................ ....... 101
Modifier-Based ..................................................... 103
Modifier-Based Space Warps.................................. 103
Particle Systems.................................................... 104
Introduction to Particle Systems............................. 104
Particle Flow.......................................................... 105
Particle Flow ............................................................ 105
Using Particle Flow ............................................... 105
How Particle Flow Works........................................ 105
The Life of a Particle................................................ 106
Introductory Tutorial .......................................... .... 108
Particle Flow FAQ.................................................... 114
Particle Flow User Interface ................................. 121
Particle V iew ......................................................... 121
Particle View............................................................ 121
Particle View Menu Bar........................................... 122
Par ticle View Event Display..................................... 127
Event Display Right-Click Menu.. ................. .......... 129
Particle Flow Source................................................ 131
Particle Flow Keyboard Shortcuts........................... 136
Actions................................................................... 137
Actions..................................................................... 137
Action Time Frames...................................... .......... 137
Operators.............................................................. 138
Operators............................................. .................... 138
Birth and Death .................................................... 139
Birth Operator............................................... .......... 139
Birth Script Operator .............................................. 141
Delete Operator....................................................... 142
Transforms ............................................................ 143
Position Icon Operator........ ................ ................. ... 143
Position Object Operator ........................................ 144
Rotation Operator ............................... .................... 149
Spin Operator.......................................................... 150
Scale Operator ........... ........................................... ... 152
Speed ..................................................................... 155
Speed Operator.......... .............................................. 155
Speed By Icon Operator ................... ....................... 158
Speed By Surface Operator...................................... 163
Keep Apart Operator............................................... 168
Shape..................................................................... 172
Shape Operator.................................... .................... 172
Shape Facing Operator............................ ................ 172
Shape Instance Operator......................................... 174
Shape Mark O perator... ........................................... 179
Material and Mapping.......................................... 182
Overview of Materials in Particle View................... 182
Material Static Operator...... .............................. ...... 183
Material Frequency Operator.................................. 185
Material Dynamic Operator.................................... 187
Mapping Operator............................................. ...... 191
Other ..................................................................... 193
Cache Operator ....................................................... 193
Display Operator ..................................................... 198
Force Operator .............................. .......................... 200
Notes Operator.............................. .......................... 202
Render Operator ..................................................... 202
Script Operator........................................................ 204
Flows...................................................................... 204
Flows............................. ........................................... 204
Empty Flow ............................................................. 205
Standard Flow.......................................................... 205
Tests ....................................................................... 206
Te sts .................................................. ....................... 206
Age Test.................................................................... 207
Collision Test ........................................................... 208
Collision Spaw n Test ............................................ ... 211
Find Target Test ....................................................... 214
Go To Rotation Test............................. .................... 220
Scale Test.................................................................. 223
Script Test ................................................................ 225
Send Out Test..................................................... ...... 226
Spawn Test ..................................... .......................... 226
Speed Test ................................................................ 229
Split Amount Test .............................................. ...... 230
Split Selected Test .................................................... 231
Split Source Test....................................................... 232
Non-Event-Driven Par ticle Systems .................... 233