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local one, the particle system will use the value set by the global operator.
You can set local operators to override global ones by choosing Particle View
> Options menu > Action Order > Globals First.
Can an event be isolated in Particle View and not connected to
anything?
Yes, but it won't affect the particle system at all.
Particle Flow User Interface
Particle View
Select a Particle Flow source icon > Modify panel > Setup rollout > Click Particle
View (or press 6).
Create panel > Geometry > Particle Systems > Object Type rollout > Click PF
Source. > Setup rollout > Click Particle View (or press 6).
Particle View provides the main user interface for creating and modifying
particle systems in Particle Flow. The main window, known as the event display,
contains the particle diagram, which describes the particle system. A particle
system consists of one or more events wired together, each of which contains
a list of one or more
operators on page 2841 and tests on page 2956. Operators and
tests are known collectively as actions.
The first event is called the global event, because any operators it contains can
affect the entire particle system. The global event always has the same name
as the Particle Flow icon; by default, this is PF Source ## (starting with 01 and
counting upward). Following this is the birth event, which must contain a
Birth
operator
on page 2844 if the system is to generate particles. By default, the birth
event contains this operator as well as several others that define the system's
initial properties. You can add any number of subsequent events to a particle
system; collectively, the birth event and additional events are called local
events. They're called this because a local event's actions typically affect only
particles currently in the event.
You use tests to determine when particles are eligible to leave the current
event and enter a different one. To indicate where they should go next, you
wire the test to another event. This wiring defines the schematic, or flow, of
the particle system.
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