vizwhiz

hello There

how do you do Water look-alike Spray in VIZ without the particle spray utilities

??

i already have 6 physical fountains, now i just need to add the Water

(its a dry heat down here in Arizona, just add water)

any comments greatly appreciated

I DO NOT HAVE MAX SO THEREFORE I CANT DO THE PARTICLE SPRAY SYSTEMS

maybe The Boss Man will have to buy MAX but until Then i got to do This

with what i already have and/or dont have

Thanks

Randy

Chad Warner

Have you tried the RPC fountains?

-Chad

vizwhiz

Thanks Chad

no. They are not what i need, here is an Image of my doodle so far

i guess to be more specific That i already have the physical fountain modeled
(and rendered) so i need to make a mesh, probably 1 that falls over the edges
and 2 the other goes up and out (semi-spherical a bit)

i am looking thru the autodesk viz newsgroup search results for water at the moment
but i only need a still image so That simplifies my lack of understanding considerably

i found a Ted Boardman article so i might try to incoroporate That

any comments suggestions Ideas greatly appreciated

Randy

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MJL Imaging

what if you lathed a spline around the fountain, added a material and maybe some PS work? or is that just a crappy idea? anyway, it's the first thing that came to mind. Good luck.

abicalho

Hi Randy,

Take a look at the GOFA WIP posts for mental ray on VIZDepot. Here's a link:

http://www.vizdepot.com/forums/showt...&threadid=1575

Tetsuya Ozawa (ozlime) explains how he did the waterfalls and they look absolutelly gorgeous.

Hope this helps,

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Alex Bicalho
http://www.origamy.com.br/blog

vizwhiz

Alexander, Thanks i will check That out

MJL, so far i made up a cylinder, converted to mesh, subdivided
i need to fillet the top edge where the water goes over the side

but how to make a map that fits onto This is next question

Thanks for the Info and suggestions

Randy