Attractor Property Editor

To create an attractor control object: Choose Get Force Attractor from the Simulate or Hair toolbar, or choose Get Primitive Control Object Attractor from the other toolbars.

To redisplay this property editor: Select the attractor object and press Enter.

An Attractor force simulates the effect of electro-magnetism in both positive and negative directions to attract and repel ICE particles, rigid bodies, and hair.

The Attractor force has no effect on Soft body, or Cloth simulations.

For more information on forces in general, see Forces [ Simulation].

To use this force in an ICE tree, see Creating and Applying ICE Forces to ICE Simulations [ICE Fundamentals].

Size of sphere is determined by the Range value when Local is selected.

Name	The name of the force effect
Mute	Toggles on/off the force effect.

Strength

Amplitude

Sets the strength of the attractor effect. Positive values repel while negative values attract.

Influence

Local

Select this option to have the attractor force affect only simulated objects that fall within the Range that you specify (see below).

If you don't select this option, all simulated objects are affected by the attractor force (global).

Range

Sets the range in Softimage units at which the magnetic field will have an effect on simulated objects.

This control is available only when Local is selected.

Decay

Allows you to have the maximum force at the center and minimum at the edges, or the reverse (with negative values) with minimum force at the center and maximum at the edges.