tanyakim Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hello, I need help rebuilding a scene (trail_smoke_on_curve.hip). I've been sitting on this for weeks now but I still can't figure out what's wrong with my scene (trail_04_copy.hip) I would like to create multiple containers for a trail smoke. The problem with my scene is the containers do not stop resizing to encapsulate the emitter. So I end up with multiple enclosing containers. There should only be overlap on the edges. Let me know if I can be more clear. Thank you! trail_04_copy.hip trail_smoke_on_curve.hip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaydenDP Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hi, I changed a few things in your file, have a look and let me know if that is more of what you're expecting? Jay trail_04_copy_FIX.hip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaydenDP Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 and here's one with the resize node plugged back in to resize to the static maximum defined by your attribute. The biggest problem I could see was your size attribute on your clusters was huge. Instead of editing that, you changed the scale of the cube that was being visualized. Hope this helps? trail_04_copy_FIX_resize.hip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanyakim Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Thank you JaydenDP. It's awesome now! I really appreciate your help. Edited February 26, 2014 by tanyakim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaydenDP Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thank you JaydenDP. It's awesome now! Other than the scale attribute, what else did you fix? I was able to get the containers working but, unlike your file, mine only emits volumes in the first container. What do you think I should look for first? I really appreciate your help. Oh yeah, I think it might have been the noise applied to your source volume. There were areas where there was no volume emitting so the resize container didn't know where to go. Try disabling your noise to see if that helps. If that fixes it then switch it back on and tweak it so that there's always at least a small amount of volume? I can't check the file right now so there might have been something else I changed, if yours is still broken I'll try check it again tomorrow and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardikpatelanim Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I have just started using houdini. I wanted to learn about the trail on path from fluids using clustering. is there any tutorial which i can refer to. or someone can please explain this file for the begining level please. thanks Hardik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) If I knew any tutorial I would recommend it to you Hardik. If you say you are new to Houdini I would rather learn the pyro solver first before jumping into this one. Trust me, in Houdini it really helps to take small steps at a time.. I would say, save this awesome file that Jaydne have provided. Then try to learn some more about the pyro-solver before coming back to it. Edited February 26, 2014 by Hudson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaydenDP Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 If I knew any tutorial I would recommend it to you Hardik. If you say you are new to Houdini I would rather learn the pyro solver first before jumping into this one. Trust me, in Houdini it really helps to take small steps at a time.. I would say, save this awesome file that Jaydne have provided. Then try to learn some more about the pyro-solver before coming back to it. I didn't make that setup! Just fixed a few things I agree with Hudson, Hardik, keep learning about solvers and micro solvers first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardikpatelanim Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 thanks guys for the input. I will go deeper in houdini before learning complex stuff. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I didn't make that setup! Just fixed a few things I agree with Hudson, Hardik, keep learning about solvers and micro solvers first. Alright then. But you can't drive a car if you haven't fixed the wheels right thanks guys for the input. I will go deeper in houdini before learning complex stuff. thanks Do it! it took me 2 months to finish my first sim and it was just a few grey rocks being fractured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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