Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jason shows how to use an aero simulation to make a steaming cauldron in Bifrost. Part of a 10-lesson workshop for aspiring technical artists. Expand this description for download links and more.

00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Makin' aero
00:20 - Basic Aero Graph
00:40 - Geo In
01:25 - The collider cauldron
01:40 - Sphere source
02:35 - Standard Volume Material & viewport display
03:40 - Explaining aero source
06:30 - Vary source property
07:55 - Solver settings
08:45 - Deforming the source geo
11:00 - Influences
27:30 - Caching

Download the scenes, compounds, slides, lesson plans and other files to follow along or adapt for your own curriculum: areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/bifrost_bootcamp_lesson_5_files.zip