---
title: element
framework: Compute Graph
role: symbol
role_heading: Namespace
platforms: [iOS 27.0+, iPadOS 27.0+, macOS 27.0+, tvOS 27.0+, visionOS 27.0+]
path: computegraph/element
---

# element

A set of nodes for reading and writing the current element within a particle simulation.

## Topics

### Functions

- [element::age](computegraph/element/age.md)
- [element::ageOverLifetime](computegraph/element/ageoverlifetime.md)
- [element::color](computegraph/element/color.md)
- [element::index](computegraph/element/index.md)
- [element::lifetime](computegraph/element/lifetime.md)
- [element::position](computegraph/element/position.md)
- [element::size](computegraph/element/size.md)
- [element::terminate](computegraph/element/terminate.md)
- [element::velocity](computegraph/element/velocity.md)

## See Also

### Built-in nodes

- [emitter](computegraph/emitter.md)
- [force](computegraph/force.md)
- [initialize](computegraph/initialize.md)
- [output](computegraph/output.md)
- [module](computegraph/module.md)
- [graph](computegraph/graph.md)
- [group](computegraph/group.md)
- [texture](computegraph/texture.md)
- [random](computegraph/random.md)
- [matrix4x4f](computegraph/matrix4x4f.md)
- [matrix4x4h](computegraph/matrix4x4h.md)