New Voxel and Particle Tuners
Change each voxel and particle's properties during simulation, and use customizable conditions to delete particles.
POWERFUL
Phoenix FD is the all-in-one fluid dynamics plugin for Maya. Simulate realistic fire, smoke, liquids, ocean waves, splashes, spray, mist and more.
ARTIST-FRIENDLY
Built for 3D artists who want to create fluid dynamic effects that are fast to set up and easy to control.
INTERACTIVE
Preview and render interactively in the viewport. Fine-tune simulations on the fly.
CREATIVE CONTROL
Create all types of physically-based fluid effects with smart controls for refining, retiming and rendering simulations.
SMART INTEGRATION
Phoenix FD is integrated seamlessly with Autodesk Maya and optimized to render with V-Ray.
COMPATIBILITY
Supports industry-standard tools and formats like Alembic and OpenVDB.
QUICK START: BASIC LIQUIDS
By the end of this video and tutorial, you will be able to create your own liquid simulation, understand how the simulation interacts with other objects, and know the basics of editing a number of primary settings for a sim. Full tutorial notes with downloadable assets available on our docs site.
WHAT'S NEW
Phoenix FD 4 for Maya — available now
Feature updates
Active Bodies
Float your objects over pools or wash them away in floods with basic rigid body simulation for Phoenix liquids.
Tex UVW
Transport texture coordinates along fluids during simulation and use them for advanced render-time effects.
Standalone Cache Preview tool
Load AUR, VDB and F3D cache files, preview them and save image sequences.
Foam texture
Create procedural foam coloring of ocean waves without simulation.
KEY FEATURES
LIQUIDS, SPLASHES & FOAM
Create realistic liquid simulations withsplashes and foam directly in Maya.
Zoic Studios © Warner Bros. & DC EntertainmentSMOKE, FIRE & EXPLOSIONS
Create any type of fire and smoke effects with Phoenix FD's powerful, adaptive-grid dynamics engine.
INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS
Fine-tune simulations interactively in the viewport with Phoenix FD’s GPU-accelerated preview.
REFINE SIMULATIONS
Increase simulation resolution and add detail without changing overall shape or behavior.
TURBULENCE
Perfect for generating small wisps of smoke and steam.
PARTICLES
Render particles as bubbles, drops, points, or fog.
VORTICITY
Simulate highly-realistic and complex vorticity effects with full control over large-scale vortex strength and ultra-fine details.
Zoic Studios © NBCEMISSION SOURCES
Use a wide range of customizable emission sources – animated meshes, texture maps and particles – to drive complex simulations.
OPTIMIZED RENDERING
Render photorealistic liquids and volumetric effects using V-Ray's optimized Phoenix FD shader.
CASCADE SIMULATIONS
Create a series of simulations that trigger and interact with each other.
SIMULATION RETIMING
Speed up or slow down simulation playback. Perfect for slow motion effects.
OCEAN SIMULATIONS
Easily create ocean surfaces that never repeat using procedural ocean displacement. Preview and render the ocean surface without simulating cache files.
FORCES
Influence simulations with forces like waves, wind, spline follow, mesh attraction and more.
Zoic Studios © Warner Bros. & DC EntertainmentSIMULATION LICENSES
Use Phoenix FD simulation licenses to submit jobs over the network to Deadline and Backburner.