Turbulence brush settings

These options appear as a subset of the Tubes > Behavior section in the Paint Effects Brush Settings window, and the Attribute Editor for any brush node.

Turbulence causes irregularities (or noise) in the motion of tubes. Use these settings to define the turbulence force to apply to tubes. Turbulence can be applied as either a force or a displacement, depending on the Turbulence Type.

Turbulence Type

Defines which type of turbulence is created, and how it is applied to the tubes. You can select from the following types:

Off

No turbulence is applied.

Local Force

Turbulence is applied as a force in the local space of the tubes

World Force

Turbulence is applied as a force in world space. World Force is better than Local Force for groups of strokes that you want to share a continuous turbulence.

Local Displacement

Turbulence is applied as a displacement in the local space of the tubes.

World Displacement

Turbulence is applied as a displacement in world space.

Grass Wind

Turbulence is applied as a world space force. The force applied to the tips of the tubes is delayed from that applied at the roots, resulting in motion similar to grass blowing in the wind.

Tree Wind

Turbulence is applied as a world space force. The force applied to the outermost branches is stronger than that applied to the parts closer to the root, resulting in motion similar to a tree blowing in the wind.

Interpolation

Defines the mathematical method used to smooth the values (and therefore the motion) in the turbulence calculations. Select from Linear, SmoothoverTime, or Smoothover Time and Space.

For a more realistic effect this should typically be set to Smooth over Time and Space. If the highest speed is more desirable than motion quality, select either Smooth over Time or Linear.

Turbulence

Defines the air speed due to turbulence. If the value is 0, no turbulence is applied.

Frequency

Defines the amount of variance in the turbulence (either displacement or force) in space (or the size of the eddies).

Turbulence Speed

Defines how quickly the turbulence changes over time.

Turbulence Offset

Offsets the position of the turbulence by the defined x, y, and z values.