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title: "PAlignment"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OP_ALIGNMENT.html"
section_path: "Thinking Particles > Nodes > TP Standard Group > PAlignment"
element_id: "OP_ALIGNMENT"
description: "This page describes the PAlignment node of Thinking Particles in Cinema 4D. It orients particles — for example aligning a flock of birds to their flight …"
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# PAlignment

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page describes the **PAlignment node** of Thinking Particles in **Cinema 4D**. It orients particles — for example aligning a flock of birds to their flight direction — controlling how particle geometry faces during travel.

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You can control the direction the particles face using this node. For example, if the particle stream is a flock of birds, all the birds should, naturally, face the direction in which they are flying.