Mya 4.5 Fluids & Maya 4.0
 

i am thinking of upgrading to maya 4.5, "Fluids"??? i think you can simulate water in it isn't it? is Maya 4 able to do that too? i am a newbie and i own Maya 4 Unlimited, i think Maya 4 has the ability to simulate water, cant it?

maya 4.5 has tools which specliaze in simulating fluids, so its a lot easier
yes you can do it in maya 4 with softbodies, turbulence etc but its just taking the longer way around it, thats all

Hi tariqrf, I've just been eyeballing "the making of fluid effects" over on the Alias site...serious stuff, like Nem said you can do fluids in 4 but go check out the movie for the full picture on fluid dynamics in 4.5. Imagine Artisan with depth control and you are still not nearly close enough to getting the full picture.
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/pro...offluids.shtml

Place where i'm doing my course has Maya 4.5 now, and let me tell you that the Ocean/Clouds & Explosions are amazing! And quite easy to proudce great imgages with them.

i meant to know whether i will be able to simulate water in maya 4.0 unlim... if i can... can someone please give me a link to where i an find how to do that... thanx alot

rlz

and how much does an upgrade to 4.5 cost??? or is Alias|Wavefront kind enough to give it to me(i know those misers wont do it)... :)

not sure how much the upgrade is, but theres a water tutorial in maya 4 fundamentals