{"id":460,"date":"2017-07-07T19:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T18:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=460"},"modified":"2017-07-07T19:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T18:22:55","slug":"target-types","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/system-components\/targets\/target-types","title":{"rendered":"Target Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All targets can be one of the following types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#position\">Position Target<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#curve\">Curve Target<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The type of a target is shown in the Particle Flocker Window after the target&#8217;s name:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-393\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TargetType.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TargetType.jpg 487w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TargetType-300x34.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"position\">Position Targets<\/h3>\n<p>Position targets are represented by a single point in space and are ideal for implementing steering behaviours such as <a href=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=flocking-systems\/steering-behaviours\/seek\">Seek <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=flocking-systems\/steering-behaviours\/flee\">Flee <\/a>which require a specific position.<\/p>\n<p>Particle Flocker uses a locator node to specify the location of a position target. One of the great things about this is that the transform of a locator can be animated, using standard Maya animation techniques. This in turn allows you to create incredibly interesting and complex flock behaviours simply by introducing this moving target approach.<\/p>\n<p>To create a position target you simply need to press the <em>Add New Target<\/em> button in the Particle Flocker Window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-421\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewPositionTarget.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewPositionTarget.jpg 491w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewPositionTarget-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curve\">Curve Targets<\/h3>\n<p>Curve targets are represented by a path and are the ideal method for implementing <a href=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=flocking-systems\/steering-behaviours\/path-following\">Path Following<\/a> steering behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Particle Flocker uses a NURBS curve to specify this path. This can be achieved by using any of the curve creation tools in Maya. You can view Maya&#8217;s documentation on curve creation here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/maya\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2017\/ENU\/Maya\/files\/GUID-DF4D96B8-15B6-4829-B206-D00F49835C3B-htm.html\">https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/maya\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2017\/ENU\/Maya\/files\/GUID-DF4D96B8-15B6-4829-B206-D00F49835C3B-htm.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you have created a curve you can convert it to a target simply by selecting the curve and pressing the <em>Convert Selection to Target<\/em> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewCurveTarget.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewCurveTarget.jpg 920w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewCurveTarget-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewCurveTarget-768x208.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"doc_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/460\/revisions\/461"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/72"}],"next":[{"title":"Target Attributes","link":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/system-components\/targets\/target-attributes","href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}