[giacob]

i suppose not... i case oow do u make fluids for rendering with maxwell?

[Toxie]

Real flow!!!

[giacob]

i dont own 2700 us dollar to trhow away just to make now and then some little water simulation... need something less expensive...

[hdesbois]

I haven't tried it, but it seems that Blender comes with a fluid simulator: maybe it don't use volumetrics.
HD

[thxraph]

blender fluid simulator can export mesh...& it is one of the most powerfull on the market...oups sorry, it is free

thxraph

[giacob]

blender fluid simulator can export mesh...& it is one of the most powerfull on the market...oups sorry, it is free

thxraph

how is the workflow with lw?

[Tim Ellis]

blender fluid simulator can export mesh...& it is one of the most powerfull on the market...oups sorry, it is free

thxraph

how is the workflow with lw?

Really good. There are examples all over the net of LW/Blender fluid integration. Check the Blender forums for more info.


Blender creates a .obj file for each frame of fluid calculation, which can be imported into LW. I think as an animation but I can't remember for sure.


Tim.