Bifrost and VRay?

[stezza]

Anybody tested Bifrost in Maya 2019.2 with VRay yet?
Is it supported?

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[oglu]

You cant render it directly but it does output VDB and Alembic files.

[ricoholmes]

Also note: that if your output is mesh based you can always convert it to a native maya mesh in the node editor using the BifrostGeoToMaya node. Then any renderer sees it, and renders it as normal geometry.

Bifrost is fabulous. We just need a few more tutorials

[seandunderdale]

Are there parts of Maya Bifrost is replacing? Or is it bolted on and working with things like fluid containers?

[oglu]

Everything Bifrost related is new. Its not the bifrost you may know from the past. Its not only for fluids.
Its a visual programming graph. It does have DNA from Naiad and ICE. But its build from the ground up in the last 5 years.
Its also standalone and will work with Max in the future.

https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-...rost-for-maya/

[oglu]

Here a screengrab how to get it working.

[oglu]

If someone likes to play with a VDB writing scene.
I shared one here.
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifro...y/td-p/8952265



Small warining! If you sim all 200 frames you will create around 100gb of VDB data.