In this video we will explore how we can simulate realistic “kick up dust” from wind that is blowing over a surface in Maxons Cinema 4Ds internal Pyro simulation tool. The most likely use case is the effect you probably know from a helicopter taking of or landing.
As I learned yesterday, this effect is known as “downwash”.
Learn how to solve for air pressure and use the output of the moving airfield to automatically create and simulate dust picked up from the ground and carried away by the air movement realistically.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:48 Tut Overview
01:31 C4D Scene Setup: Geometry
03:02 About Pyro Solvers
04:33 Setting up a Pyro Domain
08:26 Setting up the Downwash Wind
10:33 Setting up Vectors (Velocity)
14:57 Offsetting the Collision Landscape
15:57 Caching the 1st (Base) Simulation
16:30 Setting up the Dust Emitter Vertex Map
18:33 Simulation Scene Object
20:21 Field Force
20:49 Finalizing the Downwash Sim
23:00 Looking at the Results
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VIDEO RELATED LINKS:
Maxon’s Official Website: https://www.maxon.net/
Octane C4D Otoy Official Website: https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewfor…
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And if you’re into retro gaming and deep-dive nostalgia, check out the big article I wrote for this magazine: my love letter to the legendary Game Boy. Because nothing says “true love” like an 8-bit screen and a battery life that could outlast modern smartphones.
