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This page provides information about the LiquidSrc component in Phoenix for 3ds Max.
Overview
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You can use the Liquid Source to emit FLIP particles into Liquid Simulators.
You can emit fluid from geometry or from particles. The fluid can be emitted from the surface, or from the entire volume of emitting geometry. Particles can emit from a spherical shape, or from instanced geometry shapes. Note that the viewport gizmo of the Source does not emit fluid itself - you have to first pick the geometry or particles you would use as emitters in the Source's list.
The position of the Source icon in the scene does not matter. If you have many Simulators in the scene, by default each Simulator will interact with a Source's Emitter Nodes as long as they are inside this Simulator. You can exclude Sources or Emitters from a Simulator's Scene Interaction rollout. If you use Include mode, you have to pick both the Source and its Emitter Nodes in the Interaction List.
The Source can emit in 3 different Emit Modes - Surface Force mode creates fluid only at the surface of emitters, Volume Brush fills the entire volume of the emitters, and Volume Inject also fills the emitter's volume and adds pressure for an explosive effect.
You can emit any fluid particle channel and you can emit many channels at once. Additionally, you can emit different particle types from the Source. If you want to emit unevenly only from some areas or volumes of the emitters, you can use a Mask for each of the emission channels. Also, note that if Emit Mode is set to Volume Brush or Volume Inject, the Mask cannot use Explicit Map Channel or Vertex Color Channel mapping, because these apply only for the surface of the geometry.
Additionally, each channel can have one or many Discharge Modifiers. They allow you to gain more precise procedural control over how the fluid gets emitted. Discharge modifiers vary the emission over different parts of the emitter depending on properties of the emitter - e.g. the direction of its normals, the speed of movement at each point of an animated emitter, etc.
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Emitter Nodes
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Non-Phoenix particles, such as Particle Flow ortyFlow particles, can also act as emitters for a Phoenix Source. They can emit from a spherical 3D shape, or from instanced geometry. |
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Note that the Source icon itself does not emit fluid, so the position of the icon's viewport gizmo in the scene does not matter. Instead, you must pick the geometry and/or particles that you want to use as emitters, in the Source’s Emitter Nodes list. |
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General
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Fluid can be emitted from a geometry’s surface, or from the entire volume of an emitting geometry. Note that if the Emit Mode is set to Volume Brush or Volume Inject, and you have a Texture Mask using either Explicit Map Channel or Vertex Color Channel mapping, then the Mask will be applied on the whole volume, based on the closest geometry surface. |
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Even if you do not simulate visible fluid like liquid, there can still be Velocity simulated within the grid, if for example, you animate an object to move around inside the grid to stir the Velocity channel. The simulated velocity can also be previewed in the viewport, or even rendered. |
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Emission
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Parameters
Emitter Nodes
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Emitter Nodes | sources – Specifies a list of objects that will emit fluid. Both geometry and particle systems can be selected here. Press the Add button and pick an object from the Viewport, or a list of objects using the Scene Explorer. |
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Emit Mode | ifnotsolid – Specifies the way the objects in the Emitter Nodes emit fluid.
Surface Force – The surface of the emitters will eject the selected fluid channels along the geometry normals. In this mode, the discharge is named Outgoing Velocity and it specifies the speed of the emitted fluid in units/sec. The displayed units will change accordingly if the scene units change.
This mode can work with both Solid and non-Solid emitters. If you use a Mask for the discharge in Surface Force mode, white areas of the emitter's surface will eject fast fluid, while darker ones would emit more slowly. Black areas will not emit at all.
Volume Brush – The fluid inside the volume of the emitters will gradually change towards the selected channel values. When this mode is selected, the discharge is named Brush Effect (%) and it specifies the rate at which the transition takes place. When Brush Effect is 100%, the fluid will immediately reach the selected channel values, and if Brush Effect is less, it specifies how close the fluid values will get to the values from the Source over 1 second. E.g. if the Temperature inside an emitter's volume is 1000 and the Source emits Temperature 2000 with Brush Effect of 80%, then after 1 second the temperature will have risen to 1800. This mode is useful for creating standing volumes of fluid with a high Brush Effect, or alternatively - to slowly convert the fluid inside the volume of the emitters to the values selected below over a period of time. Note that you can both increase or decrease the values of the fluid channels in Volume Brush mode.
This mode requires that all selected emitters are set into non-Solid mode from their Per-Node Properties. If you use a Mask for the discharge in Volume Brush mode, white zones in the volume will have the Brush Effect you have specified, while darker zones will use a smaller Brush Effect. Completely back zones in the mask would not be affected at all by this Source.
Volume Inject – The volume of the emitters will discharge the selected fluid channels with added pressure. When this mode is selected, the discharge is named Inject Power and it specifies the added volume of the injected fluid per second. This mode is useful for getting explosive discharge.
This mode requires that all selected emitters are set into non-Solid mode from their Per-Node Properties. If you use a Mask for the discharge in Volume Inject mode, white zones in the volume will have the Inject Power you have specified, while darker zones will use a smaller Inject Power. Completely back zones in the mask would not be affected at all by this Source.
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When emitting from particles in any of the 'Sphere' Prt Shape modes, the Surface Force Emit Mode is not supported - Phoenix FD will automatically fall back to Volume Inject mode. Only Use Particle Shape supports all 3 emit modes. |
Inject Power / Brush Effect (%) / Outgoing Velocity | discharge / brusheffect / outvel – These parameters control the strength of the source. Check Emit Mode for more info.
Mask | dmap, usedmap – Allows you to vary the Outgoing Velocity, Inject Power or Brush Effect (%) over the surface or the volume of the emitters. White areas of this map will have the strongest discharge, while black areas of the map will not discharge at all. The individual fluid channels can also be modulated using dedicated maps from the options below. See the info on the Emit Mode option above for more info on how the Mask affects each mode.
Modifiers | dmoddisch – Discharge Modifiers can be attached here in order to affect the Outgoing Velocity, Inject Power or Brush Effect (%) parameters.
Noise | noise – Varies the Outgoing Velocity, Inject Power and Brush Effect (%) across the surface or the volume of the emitting geometry or particle. The variation also changes over time. This is a shorthand for using an animated noise in the Mask slot.
Liquid & RGB
Emit Liquid – Enables or disables liquid emission. Disabling this option is useful in situations where only foam and splashes need to be emitted but not the liquid itself.
RGB | uvw, useuvw – If the RGB Map is not enabled, the emitted fluid's RGB channel will contain the specified color. If the RGB Map is enabled, the RGB values from the texture map will be used instead of the color swatch. If the RGB channel is not enabled in the Output rollout of the Simulator, this parameter will be ignored. Also, note that if Emit Mode is set to Volume Brush or Volume Inject, the Map cannot use Explicit Map Channel or Vertex Color Channel mapping, because these apply only for the surface of the geometry.
Modifiers | dmodrgb – A discharge modifier can be attached here in order to affect the RGB parameter.
Map | uvwmap, useuvwmap – Allows you to vary the RGB over the surface or the volume of the emitters. If this is not used, the Source will emit equal RGB over the entire surface or volume of the emitters.
None – The RGB channel will not vary.
Texmap – Allows you to specify a texture map to color the fluid emitted by the Source. If this is used, the color swatch is ignored and the RGB comes entirely from the texture.
Vertex Color – The RGB channel of the emitted fluid is determined by the emitter node's vertex colors. If this is used, the color swatch is ignored and the RGB comes entirely from the vertex color.
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To render these RGB colors for smoke, set the Smoke Color Based On parameter to RGB. For rendering of meshed liquids, set a Grid Texture as the Diffuse map for a Standard or V-Ray Material, and set the Grid texture's Channel to RGB. For more information, see the RGB Map Vertex Color example below. |
Particles
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Particles | particles, useprt – Allows the source to emit particles into the Simulator. The particle birth rate is in thousands of particles per second.
Type | prttype – Specifies the type of particles created by this source:
Drag – This option is not supported by the Liquid Source when used in Liquid Simulators. In a Fire/Smoke Simulation, these particles are simply carried by the velocity of the simulation, without interacting with one another. In a Liquid Simulation, similar behavior is provided by the liquid particles which can be rendered using a Phoenix FD Particle Shader. If necessary, the Count Multiplier setting on the Particle Shader can be used to increase or decrease the density of these rendered particles.
Foam – The source will emit Foam particles. Note that Foam simulation must be enabled from the Simulator so this type of particles can be emitted into it.
Splashes – The source will emit Splash particles. Note that Splash simulation must be enabled from the Simulator so this type of particles can be emitted into it.
Modifiers | dmodprt – A discharge modifier can be attached here in order to affect the Particles parameter.
Mask | prtmap, useprtmap – Allows you to vary the amount of particles over the surface or the volume of the emitters. If this is not used, the Source will emit equal amount of particles over the entire surface or volume of the emitters.
Viscosity
Viscosity | viscosity, usevisc – Specifies the viscosity of emitted liquid. If the viscosity channel is not enabled in the Output rollout of the Simulator, this parameter will be ignored.
Modifiers | dmodvisc – Discharge Modifiers can be attached here in order to affect the Viscosity parameter. The modifier ramp works as a multiplier to the Viscosity value.
Mask | viscmap, useviscmap – Allows you to vary the viscosity over the surface or the volume of the emitters. If this is not used, the Source will emit equal viscosity over the entire surface or volume of the emitters.
None – The Viscosity channel will not vary.
Texmap – Allows you to specify a texture map for the Viscosity channel.
Vertex Color – The Viscosity channel of the released fluid is determined by the emitter node's vertex colors.
Emission
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The following video provides examples of Inherited Texture UVW coordinates repeating along the V-axis over 0, 1 and 2 seconds. When Variation is set to 0, the V coordinate remains static. If Variation is set to 1, it takes one second for a full repetition/tile along the V-axis. |
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Example: RGB Map Vertex Color
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