CGTuts+: An Introduction to Fluid Simulations in Blender

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blender_fluids_200x200_previewDon’t look at the rather hideous sample video; this 30-minute videotutorial on Blender fluids by Greg Dunn is actually a rather good introduction.

Greg writes:

Learning to simulate realistic fluids in any 3d app is always a challenge, but Blender’s sophisticated solver allows for some very rewarding results.

In this introduction to Blender fluid simulations, you will learn the basics of how to set up a fluid simulation in Blender with an obstacle, and a few fluid set ups to give you an idea of some of the other things that you can do with Blender fluids.

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    • accessoire

      I already checked it out and I learned a lot from it. Now I have an idea of the basic workflow and understand all lthe selectable objects like inflow, outflow, etc.! It’s worth watching :)!

    • http://thebigdavec.googlepages.com DaveC

      It is a very well presented tutorial. The fluid simulator is not an easy thing to explain.

    • kram2301

      For the basics, this just misses one thing…
      The quality of the animation can be tweaked even further:
      The seemingly often forgotten tracer particles add a lot of smaller splashes to the simulation without needing that much more resources. The baked files increase quite a bit but all the rest works just as fast…
      But the tutorial is really well done and the resulting video indeed doesn’t show, how nice the tut is. :)

    • r-a

      lol this tutorial is primitive/noob (scale a mash just to stop a simulation? hahaha not sure if he knows IP editors :P

    • http://www.byronsdesigns.com ByronK

      Thanks Greg,
      This was a very well done tutorial and was very clear. I like that you repeated some things that made it easier to learn.

    • http://www.unseenthings.net/ Greg Dunn

      I’m glad you guys found it useful. I’m not a blender fluid master by any stretch of the imagination (or a blender master, for that matter) but felt like I could get people started on the right track, take out some of the intimidation of working with it and show an example (albeit a poor one) of what you can do with it.