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title: "Attractor Object"
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# Attractor Object

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Attractor object** in **Cinema 4D**, a particle force. It pulls particles toward itself like a gravitational center — useful for orbiting swarms, vortices or collecting particles at a target point.

![Image: 023783.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/023783.jpg)\
The Attractor forces particles to follow orbital paths.

The Attractor represents a radially symmetrical gravitational force. This allows you to capture particles in a similar way to how the sun captures the individual planets, for example. It can also be used to create water swirls.

Outside the Attractor, the particles move linearly again.

# Example

In this scene, the Attractor clumps the letters together:

[Video: 2026](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2026-1_attractor_01_.mp4)

[![Image: halvar.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/halvar.png)](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/2026-1_attractor_01_.c4d)