How can I show water flowing in an animation?
Anybody got any suggestions on animating liquid moving thru a pipe? I'd like to showcase a ball valve assembly that I've created for work. I'v animated it opening and closing, but I'd like the effect of liquid moving through it. I've seen some good examples on Youtube but I'm not sure how they did it. I'm currently creating a long cylinder of with bubbles and am planning on having it move through the pipe and valve. Does anybody know a better way?
5 answers
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Kevin Dobson 11 months agoWhile I am do not have the skills to help, I think 3DS Max might be a better option than Inventor.
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b_shell 11 months ago
I'll bet you are right. Unfortunately I am stuck with Inventor because that is the software my employer is using.
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William 11 months agoHi B as Kevin said, IV will not produce anything like water within IV Studio. 3D's Max is what you want to do this animation with to produce the effect you want.
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Tomas 11 months agoIf You want to do it professional, then use RealFlow and Autodesk Maya :) This is a great combination.
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Celtic Design Services, LLC 11 months agoAlthough I have yet to play with the functionality as of yet but if I recall they've recently added the "gravity" option in Inventor's animation tool. I've seen a few videos of it in action on YouTube (you might want to search there for video tutorials on how to use it). But I have to agree with the others here, if you want something that looks realistic, Inventor's basic animation tool is not the best choice. It's fine to get a basic idea but for a presentation....I'd go with the programs that are built to do such.
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b_shell 11 months ago
Got it. I've looked into the advice I've gotten from everybody and I can see that Inventor is not designed to give me the results that I'm wanting. I downloaded 3ds max from autodesk's student site and it will work. I will check out Maya and Real Flow as well.
Thanks a ton.
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