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baxley
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Hello,
Is there a way to apply a diffuse/glossy/toon/etc material to this fluid?
I've seen several posts showing how to apply the medium volume but what about just a regular material?
octane_fluids.jpg
Thanks
BK
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baxley wrote:Hello,
Is there a way to apply a diffuse/glossy/toon/etc material to this fluid?
I've seen several posts showing how to apply the medium volume but what about just a regular material?
octane_fluids.jpg
Thanks

Hi Baxley,

Thanks for the post.

Sorry, we can not apply Octane materials to Maya fluid since they are volumes.
Please attach an Octane Volume medium node in the Medium field to render.
Here is the link to our documentation (https://docs.otoy.com/MayaH/MayaPluginM ... Medium.htm)

cheers
Kind Regards

bk3d
calus
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BK wrote:we can not apply Octane materials to Maya fluid since they are volumes.
Hi Bikram,
Maya fluids are not only volumes, they are also surfaces (level sets) :
maya_2022-01-05_10-08-21.png
Indeed this is the exact same thing as Octane Volume_SDF node :
VolumeSDF_fig2_SEv2018-1.png
In the plugin Volume_SDF is implemented in the OctaneVolume node:
maya_2022-01-05_11-28-31.png

But sadly this was never implemented for Maya fluids...

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Pascal ANDRE
BK
OctaneRender Team
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calus wrote:
BK wrote:we can not apply Octane materials to Maya fluid since they are volumes.
Hi Bikram,
Maya fluids are not only volumes, they are also surfaces (level sets) :
maya_2022-01-05_10-08-21.png
Indeed this is the exact same thing as Octane Volume_SDF node :
VolumeSDF_fig2_SEv2018-1.png
In the plugin Volume_SDF is implemented in the OctaneVolume node:
maya_2022-01-05_11-28-31.png

But sadly this was never implemented for Maya fluids...

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Hi Calus,

Yes, thank you so much for explaining the workflow. Truly appreciate your help!
I have created an internal ticket to implement this in future releases.


cheers
Kind Regards

bk3d
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