Particle Array Plus Plugin
Written by
Richard Nelson

 

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Installation:

Copy the parrayplus.dlo file to your plugin subdirectory under your 3DS MAX directory.


Description:

Modified particle generator that supports interparticle attraction and repulsion.


Instructions:

Particle Array Plus can be found under Create/Mondo/PArray Plus.

NOTE: This is a modification of a standard plugin distributed by Kinetix. Refer to your 3DS MAX documentation for further help.

There are six new animatable parameters under the Particle Generation rollout:

Interparticle Attraction:

Attraction - amount of interparticle attraction, in undefined units
Falloff - rate at which interparticle attraction decays over distance, in undefined units
Cutoff - maximum interparticle attraction, in undefined units

Interparticle Repulsion:

Repulsion - amount of interparticle repulsion in undefined units
Falloff - rate at which interparticle repulsion decays over distance, in undefined units
Cutoff - maximum interparticle repulsion in undefined units