Water Fountain - need the Water

[vizwhiz]

hello There

 

how do you do Water look-alike Spray in VIZ without the particle spray utilities

 

??

 

i already have 6 physical fountains, now i just need to add the Water

 

(its a dry heat down here in Arizona, just add water)

 

any comments greatly appreciated

 

I DO NOT HAVE MAX SO THEREFORE I CANT DO THE PARTICLE SPRAY SYSTEMS

 

maybe The Boss Man will have to buy MAX but until Then i got to do This

 

with what i already have and/or dont have

 

Thanks

 

Randy

[Chad Warner]

Have you tried the RPC fountains?

 

-Chad

[vizwhiz]

Thanks Chad

 

no. They are not what i need, here is an Image of my doodle so far

 

i guess to be more specific That i already have the physical fountain modeled

(and rendered) so i need to make a mesh, probably 1 that falls over the edges

and 2 the other goes up and out (semi-spherical a bit)

 

i am looking thru the autodesk viz newsgroup search results for water at the moment

but i only need a still image so That simplifies my lack of understanding considerably

 

i found a Ted Boardman article so i might try to incoroporate That

 

any comments suggestions Ideas greatly appreciated

 

Randy

[MJL Imaging]

what if you lathed a spline around the fountain, added a material and maybe some PS work? or is that just a crappy idea? anyway, it's the first thing that came to mind. Good luck.

[abicalho]

Hi Randy,

 

Take a look at the GOFA WIP posts for mental ray on VIZDepot. Here's a link:

 

http://www.vizdepot.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1575

 

Tetsuya Ozawa (ozlime) explains how he did the waterfalls and they look absolutelly gorgeous.

 

Hope this helps,

[vizwhiz]

Alexander, Thanks i will check That out

 

MJL, so far i made up a cylinder, converted to mesh, subdivided

i need to fillet the top edge where the water goes over the side

 

but how to make a map that fits onto This is next question

 

Thanks for the Info and suggestions

 

Randy