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The video below shows how to use the Active Bodies to make a boat float and follow a predefined trajectory, reacting to the simulation automatically — without the need to create keyframes by hand.


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Click the Phoenix Simulator → Output rollout → Set output cache file location.
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Start Backburner Manager, Server and Monitor.
Default Path: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Autodesk Backburner 20xx
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In the Backburner Monitor go to Manager → Connect manager and set the corresponding IP address.
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Click the Phoenix FD top menu → Submit Simulation to Backburner.
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Set the name or the IP address for the Backburner Manager.
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Turn on "Run only the Simulation and do Not Render".
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Press the "Run" button.
 

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Click the Phoenix Simulator → Dynamics rollout → Enable "Wetting".
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Click the Phoenix Simulator → Output rollout → Make sure that the Wetmap particles are enabled for export.
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Open the Material editor and create two V-Ray materials.
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Create a V-Ray Blend Material and connect the already created V-Ray materials as Base color and Coat 1.
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Create a Phoenix Particle Texture → Select the Source Particle System → Select the Phoenix Simulator and pick the Wetmap particle group.
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Connect the Phoenix Particle Texture as a blend amount mask for the V-Ray Blend Material.
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Assign the V-Ray Blend Material to your geometry and render.
 

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titleExporting the Liquid Mesh
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Set Phoenix Simulator → Export rollout → Export As: Mesh.
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Go to File → Export → Export Selected... (with the Phoenix Simulator selected).
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Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs.
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Set Phoenix Simulator → Export rollout → Export As: Particles.
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Select the Phoenix Particle Group in the Scene Explorer and go to File → Export → Export Selected...
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Under the Alembic Export Options dialog, make sure Extra Channels is set to UVW. Set the Animation → Range according to your needs.
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Create a Standard Primitives → V-Ray → V-Ray Proxy and select the exported alembic file.
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When loading a sequence of Alembic files, you can use the "#" symbol as a hint to V-Ray that the file path is a sequence. "C;\alembic_0001.abc' becomes 'C:\alembic_####.abc".
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You can assign any V-Ray material to the imported alembic files.
 

In 3ds Max, while you have "Export as" set to "Mesh", the vertex velocity is in Map Channel 2 of the mesh, named "velocity". 3ds Max's built-in exporter names the Color Set in the exported Alembic file "Max_Map_Channel velocity".
Importing the Alembic file back into 3ds Max via the 3ds Max built-in Alembic importer requires you to set the "Velocity channel" to 2 in the V-Ray object properties dialogue, so you can render it with motion blur using V-Ray.
Importing the Alembic file in any host via VRayProxy will render with motion blur without any additional adjustments. It requires V-Ray Next Update 1.1, or newer.
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Importing the vertex velocity of the Alembic file into Maya using Maya's native importer (Cache → Alembic Cache → Import Alembic) is not supported.
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Set Phoenix Simulator → Rendering rollout → Surface section drop-down to Texture.
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Click the No Map button and assign a texture (e.g. Cellular).
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Make sure that Phoenix Simulator → Preview rollout → Show Mesh is enabled. The generated mesh should now be visible in the Viewport.
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Tweak the Phoenix Simulator → Rendering rollout → Surface section → Isosurface Level parameter if necessary.
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