Realflow question

#1

I’m a Max user, and never used Realflow before. Had it for a while but the world got in the way, and I haven’t had a chance to learn it. And no, my question isn’t about HOW to do something, but if what I want can be done. Basically, I want to set up a pretty good amount of water to come straight down on a sphere, splash out and flare at the bottom, if that makes any sense. Then I want to get rid of the sphere. You see, what I want is just the shape of the liquid. I want to use it to create something else rather than liquid. Is that possible to do? Getting rid of the sphere and texturing it the way I want in Max? If it is I want to use Realflow for it. In the past, I’d have built the shape I wanted and then dropped cloth over it. But the cloth has no real thickness and I need something that has both thickness and a more organic flow. And with droplets splattering off.

#2

Yes, realflow can do this. easily to. make a sphere inside realflow, dump water on it. and then mesh the particles with a realflow mesh. then import said mesh into max. there’s no need to even import the sphere from realflow if you don’t want it. then texture the water mesh.

#3

You should read the manual it gives a lot of information or do a tutorial, such things are pretty basic.

#4

Thanks. It’s always a bit intimidating when you jump into brand new software you don’t know anything about. And being both old and disabled, it’s a bit harder for me to learn new stuff. But it seemed to me that Realflow provided a lot of solutions for me.

#5

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