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This page provides information on the Phoenix FD Global Preferences window.
Overview
The Global Preferences window provides options that affect all Phoenix nodes and are saved across different scenes and sessions of Maya.
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Open Log File Location... – Opens a new Windows Explorer window at the location where the Phoenix simulation and rendering log file is saved. By default this is 'C:\PhoenixFD' on Windows and '/home/$USERNAME/' on Linux.
Default Cache Path – Allows you to specify the default path where cache files will be saved.
Show Billboarded Viewport Icons – When enabled, all Phoenix viewport wireframe nodes, except for the simulators, will always face the camera. If the option is disabled, the icons will lie flat in the XY plane.
ESC Key Stops The Simulation – When enabled, pressing the Escape key on the keyboard will stop the simulation. If the option is disabled, you can still use the Shift+Escape keyboard shortcut to stop a running simulation.
Render as VRayVolumeGrid – When enabled, the Phoenix Simulator will be exported to V-Ray VRScene files or rendered as a V-Ray VolumeGrid node. This may be useful if you want to render Phoenix Simulators on machines where there is no Phoenix installed. Note that if the versions of V-Ray and Phoenix differ in time significantly, there might be rendering issues. Also note that Phoenix rendering does not consume a Phoenix license, so rendering on other machines is possible only with a Phoenix TRIAL build installed on them.
Use V-Ray for Texture Sampling (will consume a V-Ray license, requires Maya restart) – This option only applies to V-Ray 3.x. When enabled, the V-Ray renderer will be used for sampling textures. This will greatly speed up simulations which use textures for Sources, Mappers, etc. but will require a V-Ray license. When using Phoenix FD for V-Ray Next, texture sampling will be fast and will not require a V-Ray license.
V-Ray IPR Support – Enables or disables V-Ray IPR support of Phoenix FD in V-Ray Next, or V-Ray RT support in V-Ray 3.
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