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Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Export roll-out → Export As: Mesh

Go to File → Export → Export Selected ... (with the Phoenix FD Simulator selected)

Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs.

Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Export roll-out → Export As: Particles

Select the Phoenix FD Particle Group in the Scene Explorer and go to File → Export → Export Selected ...

Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs.

Create a Standard Primitives → V-Ray → V-Ray Proxy and select the exported alembic file.

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'.

You can assign V-Ray materials and Phoenix FD Particle shaders to the imported alembic files.

Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Rendering roll-out → Surface section drop-down to Texture.

Click the No Map button and assign a texture (e.g. Cellular)

Make sure that Phoenix FD Simulator → Preview roll-out → Show Mesh is enabled. The generated mesh should now be visible in the Viewport.

Tweak the Phoenix FD Simulator → Rendering roll-out → Surface section → Isosurface Level parameter if necessary.

Click the Phoenix FD Simulator → Output roll-out → '...' button below the Simulation Cache Save Path option.

Select Browse and navigate to a preferred folder. Set the File Name option and choose OpenVDB (*.vdb) from the Save As Type drop-down.

Start the simulation as usual. The output cache files are now OpenVDB instead of AUR.