LeeD1345 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hi,I am a new user to Houdini, and I have been trying to follow a fluid tutorial on CMI. The problem I am having is giving the fluid source an initial velocity, I have seen others asking a similar question, with people suggesting the use of the point node to add the initial velocity. I have also looked at example files provided by other users, which on my computer don't seem to work and at the moment I am not sure what I am missing! Probably something small and obvious I've attached the tutorial scene I am currently working on. Any help would be appreciated! Fluid_Tut_Velocity_01.hipnc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exel Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hi, I am a new user to Houdini, and I have been trying to follow a fluid tutorial on CMI. The problem I am having is giving the fluid source an initial velocity, I have seen others asking a similar question, with people suggesting the use of the point node to add the initial velocity. I have also looked at example files provided by other users, which on my computer don't seem to work and at the moment I am not sure what I am missing! Probably something small and obvious I've attached the tutorial scene I am currently working on. Any help would be appreciated! Wow, that setup seems unusual to me, is that from a really old CMI video? I guess I've just never approached the pump relationship that way. On the fluidsolver1 node, I went to the "Pumps" tab under the "Fields" tab and changed Velocity Type to "Volume Velocity" and it looks like it's working now. Hope that helps! -JS- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrobak Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 what exactly are you trying to achieve in that file? do you want the water to flow toward the teapot? a little more of what the final idea you want will help to figure out how to solve it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeD1345 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Sorry chrobak that is what I was trying to achieve, It was the Fluid Effects for TD tutorial on CMI..thanks exel I did manage to get it working using the volume velocity method, but I wanted to make sure what I was doing in regards to the point velocity was correct or not as I've seen that method work for other people. Just trying to learn as much as I can right now appreciate the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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