Learning RealFlow
3h 6mBeginner2015-04-06
Authors
Aaron F. Ross
3D Expert, Video Producer, and Teacher
Course details
RealFlow is the motion picture industry's standard tool for liquid simulations. It's a standalone application that offers robust interoperability with most popular 3D programs. In this introductory course, you'll explore the powerful features of the RealFlow core application, and see how RealFlow is integrated into Maya and 3ds Max.
You'll learn how to create small-scale effects with standard particles, create free-flowing water effects with the Hybrido solver, and simulate open bodies of water such as oceans and ponds with RealWave. Author Aaron F. Ross also shows how to control interactions between objects and fluids with Caronte, the rigid- and soft-body physics engine included with RealFlow.
Learning objectives
Understanding the RealFlow pipeline
Importing scenes from other 3D programs
Emitting standard particles
Caching data
Simulating a Hybrido fluid
Creating a Caronte rigid body
Converting particles and fluids to mesh
Exporting scenes
Rendering with mental ray
You'll learn how to create small-scale effects with standard particles, create free-flowing water effects with the Hybrido solver, and simulate open bodies of water such as oceans and ponds with RealWave. Author Aaron F. Ross also shows how to control interactions between objects and fluids with Caronte, the rigid- and soft-body physics engine included with RealFlow.
Learning objectives
Understanding the RealFlow pipeline
Importing scenes from other 3D programs
Emitting standard particles
Caching data
Simulating a Hybrido fluid
Creating a Caronte rigid body
Converting particles and fluids to mesh
Exporting scenes
Rendering with mental ray
Skills covered
RealFlowNext Limit Technologies3D Particles and DynamicsMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeLearning
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
Getting Familiar with RealFlow
- Understanding the RealFlow pipeline
- Analyzing the demo scenes
- Setting preferences
- Creating and setting up RealFlow projects
- Browsing the interface
- Selecting and transforming objects
- Navigating in views
- Layout views and panels
- Choosing shading modes
Particle Simulation
- Importing a 3D scene
- Creating an emitter
- Adding a gravity daemon
- Controlling particle parameters
- Colliding particles with geometry
- Killing particles with k Volume
- Simulating surface tension
- Setting an initial state
- Keyframing node parameters
- Adjusting animation in the Curve Editor
- Fine-tuning a particle simulation
- Building a particle mesh
- Adjusting mesh parameters
Hybrido Simulation
- Setting the scene
- Creating a Hybrido domain
- Emitting fluid from an object
- Controlling cell size
- Choosing domain display options
- Adding a foam emitter
- Building a HyMesh
RealWave with Caronte Rigid-Body Simulation
- Creating a RealWave surface
- Adding modifiers
- Making an active rigid body
- Setting center of gravity
- Choosing Export Central cache outputs
- Adding crest splash
- Killing particles with k Age
- Adding object splash
Interoperability with 3D Applications
- Exporting and importing
- Using the Alembic format
- Linking to Realflow cache files
- Meshing at render time with RenderKit
- Rendering with mental ray
Conclusion
- Goodbye