Phoenix won't simuilate

[MathTheRender]

hi all
i had a big problem trying to simulate some smoke in a closed object in a specific scene.
so i testet it in a diferent scene beacause i thought the scene might just be to big (meanig too many polys), but it all worked fine.
so i found out that i cant simulate in a sphere (4 example) when the normals point outside, but that it works fine when they are fliped (pointing inside).

just wanted to communicate that, beacause i needed a lot of time to found out

now im struggling a bit with the tweaking to get some smoke without fire, so if you got any tips that would be great!

but over all phoenix is a great tool, it got just a bit of a challenging learning curve

[instinct]

Regarding smoke without fire a quick run-down:

-Set temperature to a meaningful value (if you want hot smoke, make it hot, if not...well then not :P)
-Turn on the smoke channel in the output options
-in the rendering options turn off "emmission" to get rid of the rendering of fire based on temperature
-use the transparency and diffuse settings in the render options to tweak the look of the smoke

Regards,
Thorsten

[Ivaylo Katev]

no need to use the smoke channel, the temperature based solutions run slightly faster and consume less ram. just disable the emission and lift up the opacity diagram.

[instinct]

Good to know!

[MathTheRender]

thanks guys!
your tips gonna help me get into the logic of Phoenix much more faster!