Reusing a sim at different times

Phoenix General
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Hi all.

I need to simulate 200 frames for a jacuzzi for a close shot. The jacuzzi is shown in other shots too but further away.

What would I need to do in order to reuse the simulation in different areas of the timeline?

Would it be a case of having to rename the cache files? I could rename & copy them (so I have the originals), that’s not an issue but I don’t want to be simulating for frames I don’t need to.

Is there a feature built into Phoenix that would sort this. I just looked in the rendering tab and there doesn’t seem to be a ‘shift cache’ feature or anything… which, thinking about it may be quite good:

  1. You sim at frame 0 - 100
  2. In the rendering tab you enter a number… say, 150
  3. The cache files are not affected but Phoenix internally shifts the frame it’s looking at.
  4. The sim will shift from 0-100 to 150-250

Thanks :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hey,

Yes - the settings are in the Input rollout (no need to rename the cache files). You can find more info and some examples here - Phoenix for 3ds Max

Cheers!

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Whoop… That’s amazing… Thanks :o:twisted: