How to use Forces and how to separate Foam/splashes/mist from simulated liquid

[matsm92]

Hi guys
in doing my first week in pheonix FD, there is something i cant find the answers to!

1) i have simulated a river and i wanto sim the foam /spashes/ mist separated to test out settings without having to resimulate the liquid, is this possible?

2) and i realy cant find information about using forces in my simulation, how do i approch this?

Thanks

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey,

You can simulate the foam and splash separately from the liquid using Liquid Resimulation - https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...d+Resimulation. Once you have simulated the liquid, it would allow you to tweak these additional particles, but note that if the liquid is of low resolution but you have a lot of foam and splash, it wouldn't really be much of a time-saver.

You can find a couple of scenes using forces installed with Phoenix in the ...\3ds Max XXXX\scenes\PhoenixFD\samples folder - these would be the follow_path.max and liquid_morphing.max scenes. Also, here are the docs for all Phoenix nodes, you can use them as reference for the separate parameters: https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...rs+and+Control .

Hope this helps

[matsm92]

thanks, when i try to use the body force, i cant get the liquid to form as the mesh, i realy want the liquid to go from liquid but the liquid is just flowing around and not forming as the geometry, what am i doing wrong? is it possible to make the liquid get realy tight to the geometry?

[matsm92]

i realy want it to go from floating liquid to a shape within 24 frames, if you understand.

example:
i have a glass of water , i want the water in the glass to go up and into a shape

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey,

Could you share a shot of your current setup and the options you use for the force?

Off the top of my head, I would advise you to use high Strength, high Internal damp and low Damp min velocity so that the liquid would quickly morph into the shape.

Cheers!