Is the following possible?

[iCreate]

Hi all.

I come from a Realflow background and was wondering if certain features of Rf are possible in Phoenix?

1. Is it possible to lock the timeline?
   • In Rf locking the timeline means that cache files aren't created. A bottle, for example, will fill..... you can leave it to settle, then unlock the timeline for the cache files to start being created.
   • You could also do a countdown.... with the timeline locked - Rf would still count the frames.... After a set time the timeline would unlock
2. Setting initial states
   • In Rf, setting an initial state saves the current cached frame, and sets that to 0 - so you can have that as a starting point.
     • What I'm having to do is go through the timeline to find a backup frame I can restore from. In the cache folder, copy that frame - rename it to 0000 - delete the other frames and then restore. I'm sure there's an easier way to do this
3. Set emitters as mesh excluders
   • In Rf, you could set an emitter to exclude from a mesh. This was useful for making bubbles rising to the surface. Here's a video I made..... GOD.... 11 years ago - https://vimeo.com/10842911

Thanks

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey, for (2) the answer would be to use Load & Start - check it here: https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...lation-Actions

This should be the workaround for (1) as well - there is no direct analogue for this in Phoenix right now.

For (3), I hope I understand you correctly - you can erase fluids using either the Clear Inside option in the right-click properties of a node, or you can use a Source in Volume Brush mode with Brush Effect set to 0% - this will also erase fluid. Aaaand here is a way to make bubbles in boiling water as well, using a slightly different approach + pflow, which should make it more easily directable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqoa...SvetlinNikolov (you need to grab a latest nightly build for this, it was not available in the official 4.30 release - https://nightlies.chaosgroup.com/mai...ix4max/nightly)

Cheers!