This page provides information on the Phoenix application programming interface (API).
The Phoenix FD API is included with the installation of Phoenix FD for Autodesk® 3ds Max®. It provides C++ API for several different purposes:
The Phoenix FD API is normally installed in "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Phoenix FD\3ds Max NNNN for x64\SDK" where NNNN is the version of 3ds Max (2021, 2020, etc).
The Phoenix FD API includes the following folders:
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The Phoenix FD API is provided as a static and dynamic library. Depending on your project, you may pick the static or dynamic version of the library. Usually the dynamic version is preferred when there is a dependency to any version of V-Ray SDK, as Phoenix FD API depends on vutils_s.lib.
Using Phoenix FD API as a static library requires:
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Using Phoenix FD API as a dynamic library requires:
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Phoenix FD API is built with the vc14 C++ Platform Toolset for all 3ds Max versions and for both V_Ray Next and V-Ray 5, with "/MD" Runtime Library flag.
Samples
The Phoenix FD API comes with two code sample projects: GridView and CSVParticles.
Prerequisites:
The project uses CMake for generating project files. Additionally the following third party libraries have been used:
GLEW (http://glew.sourceforge.net/)
GLFW (http://www.glfw.org/) Tested with GLFW Version 3.0.4.
Zlib (http://www.zlib.net/). Needed if static version of Phoenix FD API is being used.
See the License Agreements and Copyrights page for copyright notices.
Here is an archive containing those libraries: external_libs
Note: This is just a collection of the libraries as we downloaded them from their respective official sites. We don't take any responsibility for the way the actual libraries work or affect your PC.
GridView is a simple smoke rendering implemented in OpenGL. it is located in the \samples\GridView directory.
Prerequisites:
In order to build this sample, all external libraries must be located in a GridView/external_libs.
Build steps:
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CSVParticles exports particle groups stored in Phoenix FD *.aur files to *.csv recognized by Thinkbox Krakatoa™ (http://www.thinkboxsoftware.com/krak-csv-file-format/).
Prerequisites:
In order to build this sample, all external libraries must be located in a CSVParticles/external_libs.
Build steps:
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