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#Flowing Liquid

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#143693From: Paul B. SoderbergDec 26, 1994 12:50 PM
I am attempting to create and animate an image of a liquid flowing rapidly through a pipe while viewing on a line of sight down the axis of the bore. The liquid flows past the viewers head converging to a vanishing point at the end of the bore axis. Are there any IPAS routines or other programs that might help? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
#143734From: Brandon BartlettDec 26, 1994 10:51 PM
Maybe you could animate the liquid simply by using cloudy whispy thingys flying randomly by the camera towards the vanishing point, you know, as if the liquid's density or contents varied slightly. Or maybe particles in the liquid (I don't know what the liquid is, so I can't really be more specific, just don't put particles in the pipe if its supposed to be potable [ok for drinkin'] water in a water pipe<g>). What IPAS routines to use, I'm not sure. We do mostly architectural stuff, so we don't use a lot of IPAS routines. Anyway, hope this helps a little (that is, if it made any sense<g>). Regards, Brandon DesignTec
#143756From: Paul B. SoderbergDec 27, 1994 7:12 AM
Brandon Thanks for that. I know what you mean by "cloudy, wispey things, but I am having trouble getting the proper looking material. As for having particles moving in the flow I will have that because one of the end results I want to show is the effects of erosion caused by foreign objects. The type of liquid is unimportant in this project but if it is potable water some of that stuff has more things floating around in it than I care to think about<g>. Paul