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How to export a Phoenix FD cache to Alembic

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The video below shows how to export a Phoenix FD cache to an Alembic file.

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UI Expand title Exporting the Liquid Mesh UI Steps size small UI Step Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Export roll-out → Export As: Mesh UI Step Go to File → Export → Export Selected ... (with the Phoenix FD Simulator selected) UI Step Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs. UI Expand title Exporting Particles UI Steps size small UI Step Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Export roll-out → Export As: Particles UI Step Select the Phoenix FD Particle Group in the Scene Explorer and go to File → Export → Export Selected ... UI Step Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs. UI Expand title Importing through a V-Ray Proxy UI Steps size small UI Step Create a Standard Primitives → V-Ray → V-Ray Proxy and select the exported alembic file. UI Step When loading a sequence of Alembic files, you can use the '#' symbol as a hint to V-Ray that the file path is a sequence. 'C;\alembic_0001.abc' becomes 'C:\alembic_####.abc'. UI Step You can assign V-Ray materials and Phoenix FD Particle shaders to the imported alembic files.

 

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How to use Phoenix FD Surface Texture

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This video shows how to use the Surface Texture option inside of PhoenixFD.

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UI Expand title Texture-Based Mesh UI Steps size small UI Step Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Rendering roll-out → Surface section drop-down to Texture. UI Step Click the No Map button and assign a texture (e.g. Cellular) UI Step Make sure that Phoenix FD Simulator → Preview roll-out → Show Mesh is enabled. The generated mesh should now be visible in the Viewport. UI Step Tweak the Phoenix FD Simulator → Rendering roll-out → Surface section → Isosurface Level parameter if necessary.

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How to export a Phoenix FD simulation to OpenVDB

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This video shows how to set the output format to OpenVDB and import the cached simulation inside of

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UI Expand title Exporting OpenVDB UI Steps size small UI Step Click the Phoenix FD Simulator → Output roll-out → '...' button below the Simulation Cache Save Path option. UI Step Select Browse and navigate to a preferred folder. Set the File Name option and choose OpenVDB (*.vdb) from the Save As Type drop-down. UI Step Start the simulation as usual. The output cache files are now OpenVDB instead of AUR.