Go With The Flow - Custom Scripting and the Particle Flow Extension
On this page, you will find several tutorials explaining tricks and techniques related to scripting the Particle Flow Extension for 3ds max 5.1, now part of the 3ds max 6 and higher.
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Updated	Link	Description
2004/04/23	Particle Motion Transfer to Scene Objects	This tutorial demonstrates how to move scene objects with particles. In this particular case, atmospheric gizmos are being moved and scaled by the particle system to create a steam-like effect.
2004/04/10	Scripting Custom Chunks - The Basics	This tutorial shows the basics behind creating exploding fragments using Particle Flow (but without discussing the creation of the fragments).
2004/04/08	The Hairy Teapot	This tutorial demonstrates how to create hair using Particle Flow.
2004/04/02	Inherit Emitter Color	This tutorial provides an idea for coloring the particles based on the texture of the emitter geometry.
2003/05/10	Particle Speed By Age	This tutorial demonstrates how to control the speed of particles using their age.
2003/05/09	Ride The Flow!	This tutorial shows how to "link" a camera to a specific particle to move with the Particle Flow particles.
2003/05/09	Particle Resolution By Camera Distance	This tutorial demonstrates how to change the geometry resolution of particles depending on the distance to the camera.
2003/05/09	Particle Length By Velocity	This tutorial demonstrates how to change the length of particles using their speed.
2003/05/09	Force Influence By Particle Mass	This tutorial demonstrates how to control the influence of a Force Operator with the mass of the particles.
2003/05/09	Snapshot As Mesh Utility	This tutorial shows how to create a script to snapshot the mesh of a Particle Flow system (back in 3ds Max 5.5, there was no way to snapshot a PFlow, 3ds Max 6 added PFlow support to the Mesher compound object).
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Brandon Davis published a large number of Particle Flow video demonstrations