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The user interface appears in the parameters panel, on the right side of the
Particle View dialog.
Edit Script Click this button to open the current script in a MAXScript Editor
window.
For detailed information about the MAXScript utility, open the MAXScript
Reference, available from Help menu > MAXScript Reference.
Uniqueness group
The Uniqueness setting provides a randomization seed that the script can use
or ignore.
Seed Specifies a randomization value.
New Calculates a new seed using a randomization formula.
Flows
The flows category contains two operators for creating initial particle system
setups. These are:
Empty Flow on page 2954
Standard Flow on page 2955
See also:
■
Operators on page 2841
■ Tests on page 2956
Empty Flow
Particle View on page 2811 > depot
Empty Flow provides a starting point for a particle system consisting of a single
global event containing a Render operator. This lets you build a system
completely from scratch, without having first to delete the default operators
provided by the Standard Flow system.
To use Empty Flow, drag it from the depot to the event display. In Particle
View, this creates a global event containing a single Render operator. If the
Global default display option is active in the Particle View > Options menu,
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