Phoenix FD for 4 Maya Rental

А Workstation license includes 1 Graphic User Interface (GUI) and 1 Simulation License

Options available to rent by the month or the year for a personal experience. 

Phoenix FD 4 for Maya empowers VFX artists to simulate fire, smoke, explosions, liquids, foam and splashes, while offering exceptional flexibility and speed. It is a hybrid simulation system including grids and particles, enabling you to get the best of both worlds. Fully integrated with V-Ray, it harnesses the power of Chaos Group’s rendering engine including proper GI from the generated fluid. V-Ray RT supports all Phoenix FD fluids, including liquids with proper refraction. Phoenix FD for Maya is optimized for huge amounts of particles allowing VFX artists to work on complex simulations.

Feature Updates

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NEW VOXEL AND PARTICLE TUNERS

- Change each voxel and particle's properties during simulation, and use customizable conditions to delete particles.

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.

System Requirements

Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing. Note that Phoenix FD is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya. 

Windows

Versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which Phoenix FD is supported. Note that Phoenix FD is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

Linux

The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which Phoenix FD is supported. Note that Phoenix FD is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

Hardware Advice for Faster Simulating

Here's some tips to help make sure your Phoenix sims calculate as fast as possible.

Software Advice for Faster Simulating

On some machines, the Anti-Virus software may treat Phoenix FD's files .aur, .f3d and .vdb as a potential risk and consume significant processing power to scan them. Since cache files are often hundreds of Megabytes or more, this could cause the simulation to slow down several times.

Consider adding an exception in your Anti-Virus software for these file formats. 

You may also add Phoenix FD log file extension (.log) or the log file directory (accessible through the Phoenix Preferences) to the exceptions of the Anti-Virus software.

It may also be beneficial to add an exception for the Maya process (maya.exe under Windows).

Here is a short step by step guide by Microsoft on Adding an Exclusion for Windows Defender.