How to Videos

How to render Phoenix FD VDB caches with Arnold in Maya

The video below shows how to render Phoenix FD VDB caches with Arnold in Maya.

The video below shows how to restore a Phoenix FD simulation.

The video below shows how to run a Phoenix FD simulation using Autodesk Backburner.

Click the Phoenix FD Simulator → Output roll-out → Set output cache file location.

Start Backburner Manager, Server and Monitor.

In the Backburner Monitor go to Manager → Connect manager and set the corresponding IP adress

Click the Phoenix FD top menu → Submit Simulation to Backburner

Set the name or the ip address for the Backburner Manager.

Turn on "Run only the Simulation and do Not Render"

Press the "Run" button.

The video below shows how to use the Phoenix FD Wetmap.

Click the Phoenix FD Simulator → Liquid roll-out → Enable "Wetting".

Click the Phoenix FD Simulator → Output roll-out → Make sure that the Wetmap particles are enabled for export.

Open the Hypershade and create two V-Ray materials.

Create a V-Ray Blend Material and connect the already created V-Ray materials as Base color and Coat 1.

Create a Phoenix FD Particle Texture → Edit Particle Systems → Select the phxParticleTex_set and connect it to the PG_PhoenixFDSimulator_WetMap

Connect the Phoenix FD Particle Texture as a blend amount mask for the V-Ray Blend Material.

Assign the V-Ray Blend Material to your geometry and render.

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

Set Phoenix FD Simulator → Rendering roll-out → Mesh sub-roll-out → Mesh Type: Maya Mesh (not suitable for Ocean).

Double-check to make sure the Velocity Color Set field at the bottom of the Mesh roll-out is set to velocity.

Select the liquid mesh and go to Cache → Alembic Cache → Export Selection to Alembic (option box).

From the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Write Color Sets is enabled under the Advanced Options roll-out.

This video shows how to set the output format to OpenVDB and import the cached simulation inside of a V-Ray Volume Grid.

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

Select Browse and navigate to a preferred folder. Set the File Name option and choose OpenVDB Cache from the Files of Type drop-down.

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