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No Zoom Sets the zoom to the default level. This is the level displayed
when you first open Particle View in a given session.
Parameters Toggles display of the parameters panel, on the right side of the
Particle View dialog. Default=on.
Depot Toggles display of the depot, below the Particle View dialog. Default=on.
Description Toggles the Description panel, to the right of the depot.
Default=on.
The Description panel displays a brief description of any action highlighted
in the depot.
Options menu
This menu contains a number of options useful in analyzing and debugging
particle systems.
Default Display Determines whether the Display operator is applied locally
or globally to new particle systems and events. Default=Local.
■ Global When you create a new particle system, Particle Flow adds a single
Display operator to the global event. It does not add a Display operator to
each new event.
■ Local Particle Flow adds a Display operator to each new event. This lets
you easily distinguish particles in different events in the viewports.
Action Order For predictable results, don't use similar actions in the global
and local events. However, if comparable actions do exist in both the global
event and other events, Particle Flow applies them to the system in the order
specified here. Typically, the effect that's applied last is the one that's visible
in the particle system. Default=Locals First.
For example, consider a situation in which the global event contains a Shape
operator set to Cube, and the other events in the same system contain Shape
operators set to Tetra or Sphere. By default, Particle Flow applies the global
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