Maya Dynamics: Bifrost for Small-scale Simulations

By Peter Gend
Bifrost in Maya 2017 is a revolutionary liquid simulation system. In this course, you will see how this system, traditionally used for large-scale simulations, can also be used for small-scale simulations. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2017.
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Intermediate
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Dec 2, 2016
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Course Overview
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Introduction, Information About Bifrost, and Preparing Your Assets
Introduction to the Project 0m Various Methods of Liquid Simulation in Maya 0m How Different Types of Liquid Simulation in Maya Work 0m Analyzing Your Assets and Discussing Scale 0m
Setting up the Basic Structure of the Simulation
Creating the Bifrost Nodes and the Emitter 0m Setting up the Bifrost Colliders 0m Adjusting the Master Voxel Size and Visualization Settings 0m Creating Kill Planes 0m Analyzing the Simulation 0m
Setting up the Scale, Quality, and Adaptivity
Adjusting the Gravity, Density, and Surface Tension 0m Adjusting the Erosion and Adaptivity Settings 0m Setting the Transport and Time Stepping Settings 0m Adding Viscosity and Adjusting the Gravity 0m Fine Tuning and Using Motion Fields 0m
Caching out the Simulation, Meshing the Particles, and Exporting the Alembic Cache
Setting up for the Final Simulation 0m Caching out the Simulation 0m Analyzing the Cached Simulation 0m Meshing & Exporting the Cached Simulation 0m Assembling the Alembic Cache Files 0m
Lighting, Shading, and Rendering
Setting up the Lighting in Arnold 0m Building Shaders for the Wine Bottle and Glass 0m Building the Shader for the Liquid Wine Geometry 0m Setting up the Motion Blur 0m Final Render Settings 0m Reviewing the Render & Course Wrap Up 0m
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Intermediate
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Dec 2, 2016
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Though Bifrost is traditionally used for large-scale simulations, you can gain a powerful tool if you adjust this system to suit your needs. In this course, Maya Dynamics: Bifrost for Small Scale Simulations, you will first take a look at how you can work with gravity, liquid density, surface tension, and viscosity to change the typical large-scale behaviors of Bifrost liquids. Next, you will explore how you can change or turn off many of the adaptivities that traditionally make Bifrost a very fast and powerful large-scale simulator, but may cause quality issues with small-scale simulations. You will finish the course out by lighting and rendering out fluid in Arnold in Maya 2017. By the end of this course, you'll have good foundational knowledge of adapting Bifrost to suit your needs for small-scale simulations. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2017.

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Peter Gend
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Peter is a CGI artist with many years of experience in the Film, Animation, and Video Game Industries.

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