Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 7-72
Setting the flow
Believe it or not, that's all there is to setting up a basic smoke simulation. Press Alt+A or click the Play
button on the timeline to play the animation, and you should see something like the puff of smoke shown in
Figure 7-73
Poof! A volumetric smoke simulation
Pretty simple, huh? Well, not so fast. Creating the smoke simulation is very simple, but actually rendering
smoke is a little trickier. If you click the Render button now, you won't see any sign of your smoke simulation.
You'll only see the default cube, looking very ordinary. Unlike rendering fluid, where each frame of the fluid
simulationisultimatelyrepresentedbyanordinarymeshandrenderedwithstandardmaterials,renderingsmoke
requires using truly volumetric materials.
