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title: "PVelocity"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OP_VELOCITY.html"
section_path: "Thinking Particles > Nodes > TP Dynamic Group > PVelocity"
element_id: "OP_VELOCITY"
description: "This page covers the PVelocity node of Thinking Particles in Cinema 4D. It sets particle velocity as a vector — speed and direction at once — and …"
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# PVelocity

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page covers the **PVelocity node** of Thinking Particles in **Cinema 4D**. It sets particle velocity as a vector — speed and direction at once — and overrides other velocity-affecting nodes, making it the authoritative motion control.

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This Node enables you to set the velocity of particles. Velocity is a vector; it incorporates the speed (which is the length of the vector) as well as the direction (alignment of the vector). So, using this node, you can set both the speed of particles as well as the direction in which they are travelling.

This Node takes priority over other nodes that affect velocity. In other words, no other Node will be able to change the velocity of the particles while the particles are connected to a PVelocity Node.