Use these options to set the behavior and appearance of your lightning effect.
- Group Lightnings
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When Group Lightning is turned on, Maya creates a group node and places the newly created lightning into it. No special controls are associated with this group. However, grouping can help you organize your lightning effects.
- Creation Options
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Specifies how you want the lightning created. Click to turn on one of the following options:
- All
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Creates lightning between all the selected objects.
- In Order
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Creates lightning from the first selected object to the other selected objects in the order of their selection.
- From First
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Creates lightning from the first object you select to all the other selected objects.
Tip:Notice in the illustration for the In Order option above, the lightning does not extend from object 4 back to object 1. If you want to do this, you need to add another lightning effect between objects 4 and 1.
- Curve Segments
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Lightning is made up of soft body curves with extruded surfaces. The Curve Segments value sets the number of segments in the lightning.
