For some reason, Particle Flow will only list presets that have an accompanying text file that matches the name of the preset Max file. Now that they are on your computer, you still have one more step. Windows Vista and Windows 7:Ĭ:/Users/ YourWindowsAccount/Local Settings/Application Data/Autodesk/3dsMax/2010 - 64bit/enu/plugcfg/Particle Flow Presets Windows XP:Ĭ:/Documents and Settings/ YourWindowsAccount/Local Settings/Application Data/Autodesk/3dsmax/2010 - 64bit/enu/plugcfg/Particle Flow Presets Also note that you must substitute YourWindowsAccount for the account you login to Windows with (probably your name or Administrator). It's also recommended that you close Max when you install these. Note in the path that if you are using a 32-bit operating system, you will need to change the path to use 32bit instead of 64bit. When I first tried this I copied each of the folders (Air, Earth, etc) to my presets folder-that did not work I had to copy all preset files from those folders into a single directory. *Where you copy those files to depends on your operating system. Find all the ones you want and copy them to your hard drive*. Each file inside those folders includes presets. That directory includes five folders (Air, Earth, Fire, Logo and Water). In that DVD, go to Samples > Particle Flow Elements Library > scenes. This page includes instructions on copying those presets and a link to download a slew of Particle Flow Preset text files that will enable you to load those presets in Particle Flow.įirst, you must have a copy of the Samples DVD that ships with Max.

But even when you copy them to the correct folder, you must manually create a bunch of text files in order for those presets to be available. Just over a hundred presets are available in the Samples DVD that ships with Max.

When you install 3ds Max 2010, it does not automatically install any Particle Flow Presets.

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