How to customize particle interaction

There are several ways of making particles interact with objects as well as themselves. The Drive Particles tab on the shelf allows you to manipulate particle systems by simply selecting a particle system and clicking a tool.

Some specific interactions could include:

• Attracting or repelling particles using the Attractor, Follow, Torque, Orbit, or Interact shelf tools.

• Control how particles act when they interact with objects using the Creep or Collision shelf tools.

• Apply forces to particles using the Gravity, Noise, Force, Fan, Wind, or Drag shelf tools.

• Eliminate particles when a condition is met using the Kill shelf tool.

• Transfer point or vertex attributes from reference geometry onto particles using the Attribute Transfer shelf tool.

• Change a particle’s diffuse color and/or alpha using the Color shelf tool.

• Replace each particle with a shape or image using the Instance, Render, or Sprite shelf tools.