You can now reselect the two planes at any time by choosing this name
from the Named Selection Sets drop-down list.
3 Right-click the selected planes and choose Hide Selection from the quad
menu.
The two planes are hidden from view.
4 Save your scene as myexplosion2.max.
Breaking the Asteroid into Flying Pieces with Particle
Array
At this point, the asteroid, laserblast, and explosion are all animated. Next,
you'll add particles to simulate the asteroid breaking up as it explodes.
Setup:
■ Continue working with the previous file or open
exploding_asteroid_with_2planes.max.
Create a particle system in the scene:
1 Go to Create panel > Geometry and choose Particle Systems
from the drop-down list.
2 In the Object Type rollout, click PArray.
3 Click and drag to create a PArray particle gizmo in the Top viewport.
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