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title: "29 - Disperse and Twist"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/29-Form-disperse-and-twist.html"
section_path: "Particles and 3D > Form > 29 - Disperse and Twist"
description: "The Disperse and Twist group adds displacement by blowing apart or twisting your forms in 3D space."
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# 29 - Disperse and Twist

Form

### Disperse and Twist group

The Disperse and Twist group adds displacement by blowing apart or twisting your forms in 3D space.

**Disperse:** Adds randomness to particle positions. Higher values create more displacement.

Disperse controls the maximum dispersion when a [Disperse Layer Map](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/27-Form-layer-maps.html.md) is used. Disperse also ties into the [Audio Reactor](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/28-Form-audio-react.html.md) called Disperse.

![dt_disperse10](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/DT_Disperse10_trapcode-form.gif)\
![dt_distperse100](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/DT_Disperse100_trapcode-form.gif)\
*Disperse at 10 (left) and 100 (right).*

Note that you also have curve controls for adjusting Disperse Strength.

**Twist:** Twists the particle grid around the x axis. Higher values yield more revolutions around the x axis.

![dt_none](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/DT_none_trapcode-form.gif)\
![dt_twist](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/DT_Twist_trapcode-form.gif)\
*Twist off (left) and Twist on (right).*