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Path Follow Space Warp............................................ 71
Gravity Space Warp................................................... 73
Wind Space Warp...................................................... 75
Displace Space Warp ................................................. 76
Deflectors ................................................................ 78
POmniFlect Space Warp ....... .................................... 78
PDynaFlect Space Warp............................................ 81
SOmniFlect Space Warp ........................................... 84
SDynaFlect Space Warp ............................................ 85
UOmniFlect Space Warp .......................................... 85
UDynaFlect Space Warp ........................................... 86
SDeflector Space Warp.............................................. 87
UDeflector Space Warp............................................. 89
Deflector Space Warp................................................ 90
Geometric/Deformable .......................................... 91
FFD(Box) Space Warp .............................................. 91
FFD(Cyl) Space Warp ........... .................................... 95
Wave Space Warp .................................................... 100
Ripple Space Warp .................................................. 102
Conform Space Warp.............................................. 103
Bomb Space Warp ................................................... 105
Modifier-Based ..................................................... 107
Modifier-Based Space Warps.................................. 107
Particle Systems.................................................... 108
Introduction to Particle Systems............................. 108
Particle Flow.......................................................... 109
Particle Flow............................................................ 109
Using Particle Flow............................................... 109
How Particle Flow Works........................................ 109
The Life of a Particle................................................ 110
Introductory Tutorial ...... ........................................ 112
Particle Flow FAQ.................................................... 118
Particle Flow User Inter face ................................. 125
Particle V iew......................................................... 125
Particle View............................................................ 125
Particle View Menu Bar........................................... 126
Particle View Event Display..................................... 131
Event Display Right-Click Menu............ ................. 133
Particle Flow Source................................................ 135
Particle Flow Keyboard Shortcuts........................... 140
Actions................................................................... 141
Actions..................................................................... 141
Action Time Frames................................................ 141
Operators .............................................................. 142
Operators................................................................. 142
Birth and Death .................................................... 143
Birth Operator............. ............................................ 143
Birth Script Operator .............................................. 145
Delete Op erator....................................................... 146
Transforms ............................................................ 147
Position Icon Operator............................................ 147
Position Object Operator .................... .................... 148
Rotation Operator ...................................... ............. 153
Spin Operator.......................................................... 154
Scale Operator......................................................... 156
Speed ..................................................................... 159
Speed Operator........................................................ 159
Speed By Icon Operator .......................................... 162
Speed By Surface Operator...................................... 167
Keep Apart O perator............................................... 172
Shape..................................................................... 176
Shape Operator........................................................ 176
Shape Facing Operator............................................ 176
Shape Instance Operator......................................... 178
Shape Mark Operator.............................................. 183
Material and Mapping.......................................... 186
Materials and Mapping in Particle View....... .......... 186
Material Static Operator.......................................... 187
Material Frequency Operator.................................. 189
Material Dynamic Operator.......... .......................... 191
Mapping Operator................................................... 195
Additional Operators ........................................... 197
Cache Operator ....................................................... 197
Display Operator..................................................... 202
Force Operator ........................................................ 204
Notes Operator ........................................................ 206
Render Operator ..................................................... 206
Script Operator........................................................ 208
Flows...................................................................... 208
Flows........................................................................ 208
Empty Flow ............................................................. 209
Standard Flow..... ..................................................... 209
Tests ....................................................................... 210
Tests ....... .................................................................. 210
Age Test.................................................................... 211
Collision Test ........................................................... 212
Collision Spawn Test ............................................... 215
Find Target Test ....................................................... 218
Go To Rotation Test................ ................................. 224
Scale Test.................................................................. 227
Script Test ............................................................. ... 229
Send Out Test................................. .......................... 230
Spawn Test ............................................................... 230
Speed Test ................................................................ 233
Split Amount Test.................................................... 234
Split Selected Test ................................................. ... 235
Split Source Test....................................................... 236
Non-Event-Driven Particle Systems .................... 237