Ship in Ocean

[QiWee]

Rather impressed with Ivaylo Katev's Ship in Ocean simulation. Am I correct in understanding that achieving similar results cannot be done with the current public Phoenix FD demo v2.10.10?

Regards,

[Ivaylo Katev]

yes, this is made by nightly build. if you try to simulate it with the official 2.11 the splash/foam will have worse behavior.
if you need similar simulation, you can ask for nightly build access, the ship scene is included in the samples.

[waaazoo]

Ivaylo, would it be possible for you to post the settings you used for your "ship in ocean" simulation (screenhots or whatever)? I know the scene is included in the PhoenixFD for Max, but for us Maya users it's not really useful

[Ivaylo Katev]

of course
the scene scale is 20 cm
there are a box placed between the propelers, it is made to be a source directed backward, to produce the effect of the water pushed by the propelers.
the ship speed is 50 km/h

[waaazoo]

arghhh, I don't have permission to see attachments could you send by mail.... pleeeeese
I have to buy PhoenixFD, LOL !

[vlado]

arghhh, I don't have permission to see attachments could you send by mail.... pleeeeese
I have to buy PhoenixFD, LOL !

Email our support guys to support@chaosgroup.com - they will sort this out.

Best regards,
Vlado

[waaazoo]

great, I have access now ! Thanks a lot

[waaazoo]

Ivaylo, Have you ever tried to move your ship in ocean scene to maya ?

[Ivaylo Katev]

well, we have to do this, because this is one of the samples.

[TSR_trix]

Symmetric conservation mode...
Havent try that ever with waters.

[Ivaylo Katev]

don't use symmetric + FT

[TSR_trix]

OK, but it apparently have some benefits to smooth one?

[Ivaylo Katev]

yes, the symmetry is important

[waaazoo]

what is the difference between symmetric and smooth, because I was wondering also what I should use ? I know you used symmetric in your boat example...

[TSR_trix]

I think these things should be point out more efficiently, cause now users just dont know when and why to change any default parameters and features.
I mean there could be many different small examples with gif sequence to explain in documentation what each features do and why. I hope you get my point.