Fluids in Carrara and a plugin by Alberto is coming
WendyLuvsCatz
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I could not find a thread specifically for this so started my own though it has been discussed in others.
I did an animated obj export from Blender and used PhilC's python script obj import plus in Poser to get all the objects in one pz3 scene which I then loaded in Carrara.
then I staggered the visibility only to find Octane Render needs all the meshes visible at frame 0 or it will not load them
anyway this is the result
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the obj files varied wildly so a staggered visibility is the only realistic way one can do this
I believe there is a commercial sequenced obj importer too if it automates the visibility process it would be worth it, 71 obj was not too tedious but I'd hate to do more!
thread title edited to share exciting development
Aberto is developing a plugin to do fluids in Carrara itself!
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That's awesome!
Where can I find this PhilC python script you reference? I have Poser and of course Blender, so sounds like I have all the elements to make this work :)
I don't mind if I can't use Octane, I am happy if I can just render using Carrara's native engine if there is a way. I don't want to have to wait endless eternities running metaball particle sims and trying to tweak them to find the exact right settings to make a fluid approximation when Blender already does this so well.
For what it's worth, I can't tell at all that there's any staggered visibility, it looks terrific.
https://app.box.com/s/9eao7up49pdg2ksr2h3g21ro0c47i4mr
my scene
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/?item_id=69093
PhilC's python
Oh I used Octane just had to have all 71 meshes visible on the first frame
Hi Wendy, really nice results!
I use this plugin to import the .obj seq. into Carrara (from RF), sometime very heavy files...
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=21
I thought Fenric had a .obj sequence importer, but when looking and see the plugin I was thinking of is only for exporting sequenced .obj (or at least it doesn't say anything about importing in the description)
You're right, the Fenric's plugin is for export only.
His "MDD import-Export" is nice too but it's a Lightwave format and I don't know if Blender can use the MDD files.
yes that looks like it automates visibility if you can confirm that I would consider buying it as a 4 second animation was doable by hand but not sure I'd want to do a 30 sec or more one
my fluid obj was not terribly subdivided I can imagine what RealFlow ones look like!
Yes, it automates visibility, you get a slider at 0% at the first frame and 100% at the last one, it's all.
Your simulation is really comparable as we can do in RF, the final result depend of the meshes density and a few other parameters.
another video trying different shaders
This is super cool.
Someone on another forum had suggested creating a fluid sim in Blender, exporting it as an OBJ sequence, importing the obj sequence back into Blender and then saving that as a Collada file for use in other programs. I never got around to trying it though so I don't know if that works.
not as impressed by a drip
reckon could do better with metaballs
Probably the better scene would be if there was a bucket or something below that the water was dripping into, and you could then see the mini-splash and ripples of each droplet falling and interacting with the standing water below.
There is an great example by Orion_UK in the promo for Octane Render that looks particularly good which used a blender liquid sim exported to Carrara (you don't need Octane to render it of course). See at 3:30 in the following:
(I was responsible for maybe a quarter of the examples that you see throughout the demo).
I have never seen that video before, impressive
Yes, Sweet!
New to me. Very much enjoyed!
Why we have to do fluids simulation in Blender if we could do it inside Carrara?
https://youtu.be/4H3HBhPPkbk
click to play video
That's pretty damn impressive Alberto! BTW, your LightX plugin is *the BEST*!
WOW
yes I do play with Pycloid sometimes but it is very unstable
Alberto - that's very impressive!
Thank you, Jonstark!
Thank you, Phil and Wendy!
This plugin (not ready to release yet) is based in a work of Ryan L. Guy, GridFluidSim3D
I created an extension than comunicates with the Guy's fluidsim software. So we can use Carrara objects and forces and the plugin translate this to fluidsim. The results are saved in bakefiles that the plugin reads for Carrara.
The Guy's simulator has many features. I only retouched it something to use Carrara forces.
I knew that Carrara was able to carry out this kind of thing but which was needed a computer much more powerful than mine.
Excellent demonstration, Alberto!
............picks jaw off floor
Wow! Did I read that right, there will be a Carrara plugin for this? AWESOME!!
Tremendous ocean scenes! Congrats.
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Couldn't have said it better myself!
Alberto, You're great.
If you need any help that could help having this plugin ready to release, please don't hesitate to ask. I mean, in addition to OSX compiling.
BTW, I see that GridFluidSim3D run in openCL, with GPU. That's awesome. You've made a very good choice in choosing the simulator to integrate.
That's great news!
this looks truly awesome I must say
waiting excitedly
I wondered why this thread was suddenly so active.
Wow!
Alberto, you the man!
With the recent additions of impressive plugins and character workarounds recently, I'm again asking the question - Can Carrara be largely upgraded through plugins? If so, then the "no longer supported by Daz" argument may be moot.