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Using the Preview Panel

You can use the Preview panel in the Particle Editor to view the particle effects.

[Particle panel in the Particle Editor.]

This panel has the following features:

Display content in the viewport
Display the main menu
Choose which emitter hierarchies to display in the viewport
Reset the viewport to default settings
Toggle time of day visibility to simulate the approximate time of day
Toggle the display of the particles wireframe
Play back the timeline
Play, pause, and step forward
Reset emitter playback
Loop playback

You can access the following Preview panel options in the main menu and context menu.

Option	Description
Import Mesh	Imports a game mesh to view.
Play	Toggles playback.
Pause	Pauses playback.
Step forward	Steps forward one frame.
Play loop	Toggles the playback from once to looping.
Reset	Resets the playback to the beginning.
Reset camera position	Resets the preview camera to the default position.
Show/Hide overdraw	Toggles display of overdraw in the editor.
Wireframe view	Toggles display of the particles wireframe.
Show/Hide particle count	Toggles display of the particle count.
Show/Hide bounding box	Toggles display of the emitter bounding box.
Show/Hide gizmo	Toggles display of the preview window transform gizmo.
Show/Hide playback controls	Toggles display of the preview playback controls.
Show/Hide grid	Toggles display of the preview grid.
Show/Hide emitter shape	Toggles display for the visualization of shape emitters and their relative coordinates.
Background color	Opens the color picker for you to set the color of the preview background.
Grid color	Opens the color picker for you to set the color of the preview grid.
Reset colors	Resets the background and grid to the default colors.
Move on spline	Displays a spline in the Preview panel for the emitter to move along. This helps to preview the emitter motion. [See the AWS documentation website for more details] [See the AWS documentation website for more details] [See the AWS documentation website for more details]
Reset spline settings	Disables all spline settings.
Reset to default	Resets the preview window to the default configuration.
Close	Closes the Preview panel.