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Quick reference
glossary of common terms
& keyboard shortcuts for
CINEMA 4D users

Transition guide

This Transition Guide represents similar keyboard shortcuts and UI terms and usages between the
CINEMA 4D and Maya 5 software. The glossary is not a complete listing of terms common to both packages.
For a complete listing of common terms please refer to each packages respective index or glossary.
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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

DEFINITION

CINEMA 4D

MAYA

Viewport
Commands
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Viewport
Options
View Window > Edit > Configure
Hotbox or Panel Menu
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Min/Max Toggle
PgUp, PgDwn
Tap < spacebar >
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Arc
Rotate
3 + LMB
< alt > + LMB
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Pan
1 + LMB
< alt > + MMB
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Dolly
1 + RMB
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Zoom
2 + LMB
< alt > + LMB + MMB
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Zoom
Region (Magnify)
< m > + LMB
< alt + ctrl > + LMB
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Frame Selected Elements
<s>
<f>
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Frame
Scene
<h>
<a>
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Zoom Extends All
<o>
< shift + a >
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View
Undo
ctrl + shift + z
<[>
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View Redo
ctrl + shift + y
<]>
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Change
Views
View > Cameras
Hotbox or Panel Menu
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Object
Selection and Display
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Live
Selection
<9>
<q>
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Select Object by Name
Window > Object Manager
Windows > Outliner
or < shift + F1 >
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Select
and Move
<e>
<w>
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Select and Rotate
<r>
<e>
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Select
and Scale
<t>
<r>
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Smooth and Highlights
View > Display > Gouraud Shading
<5>
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Wireframe
View > Display > Wireframe
<4>
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Transforms
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X Axis Lock / Unlock

<x>
Channel Box > RMB on Axis >
Lock Selected
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Y Axis Lock / Unlock
<y>
Channel Box > RMB on Axis >
Lock Selected
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Z Axis Lock / Unlock
<z>
Channel Box > RMB on Axis >
Lock Selected
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Pivot Position
Tools > Object Axis
<insert> (toggle pivot mode)
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Transform Type-in
Window > Coordinate Manager
Channel Box or Numeric Input Field
or < shift + F7 >
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Snap
Window > Snap Settings
< x > (Grid), < c > (Curve),
or < shift + F8 >
< v > (Point)
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Playback
Controls
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Play Animation
< F8 >
< alt + v >
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Next
Frame
<g>
< alt + . >
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Previous Frame
<f>
< alt + , >
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Tools
and Windows
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Materials
Window > Material Manager
Window > Rendering Editors >
or < shift + F2 >
Hypershade
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Objects
Window > Object Manager
Window > Outliner
or < shift + F1 >
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Structure
Window > Stucture Manager
Window > General Editors >
Component Editor
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Attributes
Window > Attribute Manager
Attribute Editor
or < shift + F5 >
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Tools
Window > Active Tool Manager
Tool Settings
or < shift + F9 >
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Components
Tools Menu
Select by Component Type
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File
and Scene
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New Scene
< ctrl + n >
< ctrl + n >
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Open
File
< ctrl + o >
< ctrl + o >
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Save Scene
< ctrl + s >
< ctrl + s >
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Traversing
Hierarchy
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Select Ancestor
Arrow Key Up
Arrow Key Up
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Select
Child
Arrow Key Down
Arrow Key Down
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General
UI and Menu Settings
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Undo
< ctrl + z >
< ctrl + z > or < z >
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Redo
< ctrl + y >
< shift + z >
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Hotkey Customize
Window > Layout >
Window > Settings/Preferences >
Command Manager
Hotkeys
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Preferences
< ctrl + e >
Window > Settings/Preferences >
Preferences
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GLOSSARY OF SYNONYMS

CINEMA 4D

MAYA

Menus
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Objects Menu
Create Menu
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Tools
Menu
Modify Menu
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Structure Menu
Edit Polygons / Edit Nurbs / Subdiv Surfaces
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Plugins
Menu
Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager
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Render Menu
Render Menu
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Animation
Menu
Animate Menu
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Painter Menu
Window > Paint Effects...
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Window
Menu
Window Menu
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Manager
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Attribute
Manager
Attribute Editor
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Object Manager
Window > Outliner
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Timeline
Display > UI Elements > Time Slider / Range Slider
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F-Curve Manager
Animation Editors > Graph Editor
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Structure
Manager
Window > General Editors > Component Editor
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Coordinate Manager
Cannel Box
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Active
Tool Manager
Tool Settings
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Material Manager
Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade
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Texture
View
Window > UV Texture Editor
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Layout
Window > Saved Layouts
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Animation
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Record
Animate > Set Key
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Framerate
Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences > Timeline
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Play
Sound
Sound automatically plays once imported
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Custom Tangents
Graph Editor > Tangents
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Linear
Interpolation
Graph Editor > Tangents > Linear
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Soft Interpolation
Graph Editor > Tangents > Spline
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Attributes > Key Properties >
Graph Editor > Keys > Break Tangents
Link
Tangents (uncheck)
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Unify or Attributes > Key Properties >
Graph Editor > Keys > Unify Tangents
Link Tangents (check)
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Flat
Graph Editor > Tangents > Flat
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Hold
Graph Editor > Tangents > Stepped
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Clamp
Graph Editor > Tangents > Clamped
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Cycle
Graph Editor > Curves > Pre (or Post) Infinity > Cycle
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Cycle with Offset
Graph Editor > Curves > Pre (or Post) Infinity >
Cycle With Offset
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Bake Curve...
Graph Editor > Curves > Bake Channel
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Simplify Curve
Graph Editor > Curves > Simplify Curve
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Objects
> Deformation
Deform > Create Nonlinear
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Objects > Deformation > FFD
Deform > Create Lattice
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Align
to Spline Expression
Animate > Motion Paths > Attach to Motion Path
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Modelling
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Lathe
NURBS
Surfaces > Revolve
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Loft NURBS
Surfaces > Loft
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Extrude
NURBS
Surfaces > Extrude
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Sweep NURBS
Surfaces > Extrude
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Bezier
NURBS
Create > NURBS Primitives > Plane
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Text
Create > Text
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Hyper NURBS
Subdivision Surfaces
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Smooth
Shift
Subdiv Surfaces > Component Display Level
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Weight Hyper NURBS
Subdiv Surfaces > Crease Edge / Vertex
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Extrude
Edit Polygons > Extrude Face
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Extrude Inner
Edit Polygons > Extrude Face
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Knife
Edit Polygons > Split polygon Tool
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Align Normals
Edit Polygons > Normals > Conform
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Reverse
Normals
Edit Polygons > Normals > Reverse
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Subdivide
Edit Polygons > Subdivide
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Connect
Polygons > Combine
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Current State to Object
Modify > Convert
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Rendering
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Render
Settings or < shift + F8 >
Rendering Editors > Render Globals...
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Render View or____________________________________________________________________________________
< ctrl + r >
Render > Render Current Frame
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New
Material / Shader
Window > Hypershade > Create > New Shader
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Texture
Window > Paint Effects...
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Tile
U/V
Window > Paint Effects > Canvas > Wrap (H/V)
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Stick Texture Tag
Texturing > Create Texture Reference Object
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GLOSSARY OF SYNONYMS

CINEMA 4D

MAYA

Render
Settings
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Output
Render Globals > Resolution
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Output > Frame
Render Globals > Image File Output >
Start Frame, End Frame
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Output > Film Format
Render Globals > Resolution >
Presets (or Device Aspect Ratio)
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Output > Pixel
Render Globals > Resolution > Pixel Aspect Ratio
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Output
> Field Rend.
Render Globals > Field Options
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Save > Name
Render Globals > Image File Output > Frame / Animation Ext.
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Save
> Format
Render Globals > Image File Output > Image Format
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Save
Render Globals > Image File Output
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Options
Render Globals > Raytracing Quality
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Multi-Pass
Render Globals > Render Layer / Pass Control
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Effects > Post Effect > Object Motion Blur
Render Globals > Motion Blur 2D
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Effects
> Post Effect > Scene Motion Blur
Render Globals > Motion Blur 3D
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Effects
> Post Effect > Depth of Field
Camera Attributes > Depth of Field
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Effects > Post Effect > Lens Effects
Light Attributes > Light Effects > Light Glow
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General
> Render As Editor
Window > Rendering Editors > Hardware Render Buffer
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Material
Settings
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Illumination Model
Material Type
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Bump
Common Material Attributes > Bump Mapping
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Luminance
Common Material Attributes > Incandescence
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Environment
Specular shading > Reflected Color
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Alpha
Layered Texture Attributes > Alpha
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Glow
Special Effects > Glow
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Reflection
Specular shading > Reflectivity
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Image
Common Material Attributes > Color (RMB) >
Create new Texture
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Sampling
File Attributes > Filter Type
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Multiple
Material Tags on object
Hypershade > Create Materials > Layered Shader
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Attributes > Coordinates
2d Texture Placement Attributes
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Tile
Wrap U, Wrap V
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Tile
X, Tile Y
Repeat UV
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Length X, Length Y
Coverage
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Offset
X, Offset Y
Translate Frame or Offset
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Tools > Texture / Texture Axis
Interactive Placement
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Projection
Create new Texture > As Projection (checkbox)
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Setup
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Bone
Skeleton > Joint Tool
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Anchor Tag / IK Tag / Kinematic Tag
Skeleton > IK Handle Tool
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Constraint
Tag
Attributes > Limit Information
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Restriction Tag
Skin > Edit Smooth Skin > Paint Skin Weights Tool
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Contraints
and Expressions
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Target Expression
Constrain > Aim
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Xpresso Expression
Window > Connection Editor
(Direct connection between Attributes)
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Coffee Expression
Window > Animation Editor > Expression Editor
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Particles
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Emitter
Particles > Create Emitter
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Attractor
Particles > Goal
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Deflector
Particles > Make Collide
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Friction
Fields > Drag
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Gravity
Fields > Gravity
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Rotation
Fields > Vortex
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Turbulence
Fields > Turbulence
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Wind
Fields > Air
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Particle
Shape
Particles > Instancer (Replacement)
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Dynamics
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Rigid Body Dynamic Tag
Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Active / Passive Rigid Body
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Gravity
Fields > Gravity
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Drag
Fields > Drag
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Wind
Fields > Air
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RSB Draw Tool (Rigid Body Springs)
Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Constraint >
Constraint Type: Spring
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Rigid Body Solver Settings
Solvers > Rigid Body Solver
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Soft Body Spring Tag
Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Soft Body
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Set Soft Mass
ParticleShape > General Control Attributes >
Dynamics Weight
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Initialize Soft Rest Length
SpringShape > Spring Attributes > Rest Length
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