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how to render phoenix fd particles in octane
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:06 pm
by goku223344
everytime i try to render it says it's not octane material and the render just gives me a white background with a gray circle. No fire no nothin.
Re: how to render phoenix fd particles in octane
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:51 pm
by calus
goku223344 wrote:everytime i try to render it says it's not octane material and the render just gives me a white background with a gray circle. No fire no nothin.
You need to export the phoenix fd grid as a VDB grid :
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAYA/Output
Then create a volume object from Octane menu and set path to the VDB file.
The last step is to setup the volume material...
Re: how to render phoenix fd particles in octane
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:02 pm
by goku223344
calus wrote:goku223344 wrote:everytime i try to render it says it's not octane material and the render just gives me a white background with a gray circle. No fire no nothin.
You need to export the phoenix fd grid as a VDB grid :
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAYA/Output
Then create a volume object from Octane menu and set path to the VDB file.
The last step is to setup the volume material...
i thought octane can render phoenix simulation without vdb