How could I expand the ocean surface without expanding flip tank?

[Masoud 14]

Hi guys;

I would like to learn about how to use Ocean tools + Flip FLUID to create a scene like " Whale jump ", so I started with a very basic scene like a sphere jumping out of ocean...

In ocean shelf tools I tried "Guided ocean layer". It works fine, but

1) I don't know how could I expand the ocean surface without expanding flip tank.

2) Ocean if a flat surface, but Flip Fluid makes a thick mesh and I just need the surface of it.

Thanks.

OceanAndFlipFluid_01.hip

Edited June 20, 2019 by Masoud

[Masoud 14]

According to Houdini docs:

FLAT TANK: Useful for any calm water simulations that don’t require waves, or for simulations that are going to displace a lot of water, such as a whale moving around and jumping out of the water.

Hmm , It seems "Flat Tank" is a better choice. So I will try "Ocean Flat Tank"...

Edited June 20, 2019 by Masoud

[cudarsjanis 61]

Watch this one

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/houdini-intermediate-ocean-fx

There`s 10 day free trial

[Poetsofthefall 1]

If you wand the ocean extended.

If the 1st image is what you've meant. ...

2nd Image is where to do it....

Hope this helps...

 

[Masoud 14]

On 6/21/2019 at 11:53 PM, Poetsofthefall said:

If you wand the ocean extended.

If the 1st image is what you've meant. ...

2nd Image is where to do it....

Hope this helps...

 

 

Thank you, it works now.

[tamagochy 61]

What I found, the best way is create two separate meshes for flip and for ocean and blend them at compositing. Because extension with particlefluidsurface node takes long time and often weird result...

[Masoud 14]

On 6/24/2019 at 9:04 PM, tamagochy said:

What I found, the best way is create two separate meshes for flip and for ocean and blend them at compositing. Because extension with particlefluidsurface node takes long time and often weird result...

Good tip, thank you.

[Poetsofthefall 1]

On 6/24/2019 at 10:04 PM, tamagochy said:

What I found, the best way is create two separate meshes for flip and for ocean and blend them at compositing. Because extension with particlefluidsurface node takes long time and often weird result...

Totally agree.