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TIP In certain cases, the default settings might not be sufficient to keep particles
from interpenetrating. For increased separation, use higher values for Force and
Accel Limit, choose Relative To Particle Size, and increase the Core % value.
See also:
■
Speed Operator on page 2871
■ Speed By Surface Operator on page 2886
■ Speed By Icon Operator on page 2876
Script Wiring rollout
This rollout appears in the parameters panel below the main operator rollout
after you highlight the operator, right-click it, and then choose Use Script
Wiring. Thereafter, a check mark appears next to the Use Script Wiring in the
right-click menu, and the rollout appears whenever you highlight the operator.
To turn off script wiring, choose Use Script Wiring again from the right-click
menu.
Script wiring lets you use a script to control the Force and Range parameters,
which you normally specify in the operator's parameters. Place a
Script operator
on page 2953 before the Keep Apart operator in the event, and then use it to
define values in the particleFloat and particleVector channels. For an example
of a script that sets particleFloat values, see
particleFloat Sample Script on page
2947.
On the Script Wiring rollout, choose either of the following:
Use Script Float As Choose either of the following:
■ Not Used Particle Flow uses the
Force setting on page 2898 specified in the
Parameters rollout.
■ Influence Particle Flow applies the script particleFloat value to the Force
value.
Use Script Vector As Choose one of the following. Choosing Absolute Size
Range or Relative Size Range makes the Range settings on the Parameters
rollout unavailable.
■ Not Used Particle Flow uses the Range on page 2898 settings specified in
the Parameters rollout.
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