Rendering Phoenix with Rebus / Converting Phoenix to mesh?

[denx]

Hi!

Since Rebus Renderfarm doesn't support the Phoenix-PlugIn: Is there any possibility to convert my Phoenix simulation to a solid mesh?

Thank you!

[Ivaylo Katev]

you can export it as vray proxy, it supports animated meshes

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

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[denx]

you can export it as vray proxy, it supports animated meshes

When I export the whole simulation as VRay proxy with animation, nothing shows up when imported.

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Rendering rollout Mesh = Rebus: "Error rendering frame 400: Missing dll: phoenix2.dlr - PHXSimulator ; Missing dll: phoenix2.dlr - PHXSource ; Missing dll: phoenix2.dlr - Phoenix Node Extender ; Missing dll: phoenix2.dlr - PhoenixFD Atmosphere"

Preview rollout = Show mesh: Nothing shows up.

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

You have to enable the mesh preview first before exporting to vrmesh: from the Preview rollout -> Show mesh.

[Ivaylo Katev]

yes, actually the export is using the mesh in the viewport. this is a bit confusing, actually we did not write special code for the export, and when someone asked us we tried and it worked. it worked because there is a mesh preview. however, this is not applicable for ocean rendering, the preview shows only the simulator in order to be fast.

[denx]

Edit: It works! Phoenix was still activated in the atmosphere-option. I deletet it and now Rebus works just fine. Once again, thank you for your help.

Edit 2: I accidently deleted the first version of this posting. The mesh export worked fine when "Flächen und Kanten" is activated in the viewport (by pressing F4. Don't know the english term).

[Ivaylo Katev]

Flächen und Kanten must be edged faces, you can see the edges of the triangles right? i think this is not actually needed.
anyway, you can avoid the dll error deleting the phoenix atmosphere effect registered in the environment options

[denx]

i think this is not actually needed.

Without it, I cannot see the mesh and so I cannot export the VRay mesh. (3DS Max 2013, V-Ray Adv 2.40.04, Phoenix 2.1.1.)

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

You should upgrade to 2.2 when possible, there are a lot of fixes and improvements, this problem should not occur now

[denx]

Great. I'll give that a try after my 2 weeks holidays that start: Now.