Getting Started with FLIP Fluids Addon: Comprehensive Guide for Blender 3.x and FLIP Fluids 1.7.x
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- Dive into the world of 3D fluid simulations with our comprehensive tutorial video on the FLIP Fluids Addon, now updated for Blender 3.6+ and FLIP Fluids 1.7.0+. This guide is mainly designed for newcomers, providing a clear and accessible entry point to this exciting field. However, existing users may also find a few valuable tips along the way.
In this video, we focus exclusively on the installation and operation of the FLIP Fluids Addon, bypassing general Blender operations to deliver concise, targeted content. You'll learn about:
• Installing the FLIP Fluids Addon 1.7.x in Blender 3.6x
• Navigating the Addon's interface
• Understanding the basics and key settings of FLIP Fluids
Looking for the most detailed documentation?
• Read everything here: github.com/rlguy/Blender-FLIP...
What are your next steps?
• Watch the Complete Guide Series: flipfluids.com/complete-guide/
• Follow some creative tutorials: flipfluids.com/creative-learn...
• About MIXBOX: • MixBox in the FLIP FLU...
• How to use out new assets library: • New Assets - New FLIP ...
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Timestamps:
00:12 - Introduction
01:36 - Installing FLIP Fluids Addon in Blender
03:35 - Installing MIXBOX
04:43 - Installing ASSETS
06:05 - The Addon "helper" (short)
06:57 - Some Domain Settings
09:30 - The new "Tabbed Domain Settings"
10:07 - Adding some fluid to the domain
10:45 - Baking and viewport playback
13:39 - Checking for non-manifold data
15:11 - Cache- and renderfolder operators
16:07 - Adding White Water (before baking!)
17:00 - Automatic outliner organization
17:22 - Shading your simulation result using our material library
17:40 - Make White Water Particles visible and setting them up
20:14 - Smoothing the Fluid Surface (modifier)
20:32 - A quick view to the FLIP Fluids Addon Assets Library
21:30 - Using Command Line Tools for most comfortable experience
24:50 - Learning Sources and Information
26:27 - Good bye :)
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!
Ryan & Dennis from the FLIP Fluids Addon Development Team
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Happy to hear more tutorials are being made. Practical use case examples of how it can be used in scenes always gets me thinking of new ideas.
thanks, i have learned many things with this addon
Very helpful. I'm currently baking using the cmd line. I did not choose render after bake. Once baking is finished, what would be my next step in rendering. Is there a way to preview my current bake?
The only preview is the viewport where you can see the unrendered result. There is a preview mesh or a final mesh.
You can click the generate batch file button and then click the play button to run it.
It should be clarified that the emission of fluid from the Sphere can be stopped at any time and the animation continues until the end but without generating more particles. How to close the tap for example👌👏🙋🏻♂️
Good tip for the next version. Thank you. We also have a complete guide series where more details are explained if you are interest in.
Downloaded the demo to try this out, looks really cool! 2 things I was wondering and maybe you can help me:)
1: Is it possible to mix/blend the simulated animation (for example a boat driving in an ocean) with another mesh that's lower res but maybe has an ocean shader or even the ocean modifier connected for making larger scale scenes?
2: Can you use the generated particles for something other than water? i.e attach other objects/meshes to the particles maybe via geometry nodes or something? I've seen some very cool and abstract stuff where people use the particles generated from a simulation (water, grain etc.) and attach like a set of flowers and have them act out the water animation. Looks really cool and weird. :D
You can use a modifier on top of the simulation. Or you could use a very big domain with a moving meshing object inside.
And yes - any object can be used to be displayed as particle. That’s a good idea for a quick tips video!
@@FLIPFluids great to know! Thanks!:) just thought of another question, are you looking into the simulation part in geometry nodes? If so, is it looking promising in terms of water simulations?
@@jonaseriksson2367 We'll need to see how the simulation nodes project develops in the future - it's still too early to know for certain what features of simulation nodes will be available and how they will perform for liquid simulations.
Hello! So I'm using Octane Blender, and I was just wondering if the WhiteWater particle materials would also work with the Universal Material that octane uses.
I think you will need to create your own shaders for octane. But that should be easy to do.
I need a method to simulate rising oil bubbles in water. Is it possible to simulate two different fluids, such as oil and water, together?
Not „really“. You can mix different viscosities or shaders using our attributes system. But the effect you are looking for will not work this way. Maybe you could fake it using whitewater bubbles. They can be rendered bigger and behave more like oil. Just an idea.
I need help.
At 17:59 you mention a toggle to hide or un-hide particles in viewport display, but I cannot find this toggle in version 1.8.
All the whitewater simulation simply doesn't show in viewport or render and i can't find a solution to this in the documentation either since it appears outdated? Any help would be appreciated!
Both render display mode and viewport display mode in whitewater setting is set to 'final'. Display amount doesn't change anything either.
EDIT: I think I worked it out. Still not visible in viewport, but my render settings need to be in cycles for it to work. EEVEE simply doesn't catch whitewater as far as I can tell
Any idea how I might create a realistic looking siphon effect? I'm stuck having to import .x3d mesh files from CFD programs like paraview at the moment.
Could be done using a pipe as inverted obstacle as a first idea. If there is a .blend file feel free to send it to us and we could check it.
Can you post a tute on how to properly update to a new version. I.e do i need to just hit uninstal. Or do i need to do any extra before following this tutorial for instal?
Yes we can make a tutorial!
In general, you just need to overwrite all files in the addon-folder with the new files from the zip archive.
@@FLIPFluids not sure what you mean. most addons you just hit the remove button under the addon in Blender preferences. Then reinstall as if a new addon.
Hi can you also do a tutorial about how to do a slow motion video for flip fluid? I mean fluid slowmotion.Been trying to do it but i cant seem tonget it to work. Thanks
Just published one on our BlenderPhysics channel. You will find more tutorial on our webpage.
I want to just pour juice into a glass for a short video is this possible or does it take a day working time.
Depends on your hardware and the outputs quality. Just try it with out demo version - and ask anything before buying. We are glad to help :)
@@FLIPFluids I have a six core cpu 128mb and a rtx3060 12 g memory
Thanks for testing the demo flipfluid.
Does CMD baking and rendering work with GNU/Linux? If no, make it work now. It is very easy, just the simplest bash scripting.(It can be easier than Windows)
Yes, this feature is normally compatible with GNU/Linux and uses simple Bash scripting. Unfortunately there is a current bug in FLIP Fluids 1.7.0 where this feature will not launch correctly on GNU/Linux. This bug has been fixed for FLIP Fluids 1.7.1 which will be released during next week.
Is there any way to use FLIP Fluids to melt an object and have it flow like a liquid?
Something to try is using viscosity and animate the strength over time.
My whitewater particles disappear when I increase the simulation resolution to 256. Any solution?
That should not happen. Please try restarting blender. If nothing helps we will be glad to help. You could use our contact form to provide us with important information.
@@FLIPFluids I increase particle emission and now works fine
im probably dumb but how can we melt objects? how can i make my object dissolve at the same time as its melting? i get the inflow and viscosity but how can i make the object dissolve at the same time?
Melting 🫠 is not easy to make. Viscosity helps to have a more stable mesh but how it looks depends on the base mesh. There is a fluid lifetime that makes fluids disappear after a while, but never tryed this before.
How did you get into the downloads list? This is my only problem, what did I press to make it appear?
Not sure what exact you mean. The downloads are available in your market account. And the installed addons are listed in the preferences > addons
@@FLIPFluidsDo I have to purchase $76 for the downloads list to appear?
I have no idea what can be wrong. After 5-10 frames of simulation blender 3.6 allways crashing (no matter of resolution). I have RLY strong PC. Few months ago i dont have any Problems with FLIP FLUIDS, now something is bad. Any ideas RL GUY please?
We are sorry to hear you have issues with our addon. The best way to help is with some more information. Would you please use our support form on flipfluids.com to provide us with more information
addon doesn't installing help, blender 3.5 says that addon has installed but i can't find it
Make sure that there is a flip fluids addon folder in your addons directory.
And make sure , that the Addon has been enabled in your preferences.
Let us know if nothing helps.
This plugin only seems to work with new fresh scenes, any time I try to add flip in my scenes it doesn't simulate it calculates like there's nothing there.
What is wrong here.
There could be many reasons for why this happens. To answer this question we would need an example file with this behavior and some system information. Would you please use our support form to send all the information to us ?
@@FLIPFluids will do, I have a feeling it's scale, I do a lot of product renderings like cell phones. maybe flip doesn't work on small scales
hi, I start of study of blender now. I have a question what is 4:50's gobos lights folder ? where is gobos file? I can download free that?,.....I found gobos in web.
This is from a Gobos Addon that you can buy from the BlenderMarket. Makes shadows to your objects.
@@FLIPFluids thank you so much!, I thinking of blender is good tool. I have been using maya for a long times(maybe..over 20years). and now, I will start study blender for works of fx and motion graphics animation. I will go here many times. thatnks you make this channel: )
How can I control the inflow frames to start and stop?
Also, how can I stop the domain to act as wall? I just want my particles to delete after suprassing the domain
Just animate the enabled checkbox in the inflow setting. Hold the mouse above and press the i-key on your keyboard.
You could use outflow objects or disable the collision for the domain walls in the simulation tab of the domain box and properties (Domain Boundary Collisions).
Thanks I managed to do it. Now I am having a hard time trying to make bubbles foam and spray to be created or showed up. I am following your steps but sill can't see the particles.@@FLIPFluids
Still very complex. I wonder if one day Blender or any dev will create something more simple. Like rela life you know: take a glass of water and pouring in.
The more features it has the more complex it becomes. However - it has a great workflow - and you can get really fast results.
Please reply fast