OpenVDB full support

[Muadeeb]

hi there,

i recently bought phoenix fd and am new to the forum.
i love how versatile and easy it is, and in my view should be on its way to become the only plugin one needs for fluid and smoke sim in max.

i do have a question however:
it seems that currently the plugin supports only the openvdb import, and no export.

this is really, really unfortunate and i would like to ask the devs if the openvdb feature will be supported in the future.
it should hopefully be simple enough to integrate.

looking very forward to any response.

[vlado]

Yes, export to OpenVDB will have to implemented at some point.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Muadeeb]

this is great. thank you very much for a reassuring and fast reply.

now to be cheeky, may one get an inkling at which frequency the updates will be coming?
i may be wrong but seems that phoenix had larger time gaps between each update.
understandably so, since the new features have been fantastic.

i know this is somewhat of an indiscreet question, but i have to plan out my mini pipeline for a few upcoming projects.

thanks again,

[vlado]

There's all sorts of stuff going on in the nightly builds, but the guys are currently a bit in research phase - we are working on a new SPH solver for liquids and conjugate gradient solver for smoke/fire. We are also trying to improve render speeds.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Muadeeb]

thanks again vlado,

really great to hear the team is busy.

apologies for being so selfish, if i may officially again beg for fast tracking the openvdb export.
i know there are far more interesting and important developments to be considered but i have to ask nonetheless.

best regards to the whole chaos group team,