Let's Make Coffee: Blender Fluid Sim (Manta Flow) For Beginners

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[@serene_actual]

For free?

[@theinquisitor7191]

Hey. Been thinking how is it possible to animate a jar of pickles for a head like the one in Dead Head Fred.

[@thomascuk9461]

@cg_cookie how do get your logo on the coffee mug?

[@dwarfer1]

hint: motion blur would make it less choppy

[@soolenia9844]

Hey for anyone having problems like liquid completely passing through the collision effecter (cup), you for some reason have to set the surface thickness to at least 0.5 for it to work, while the default is set to 0

[@daveva88]

I needed this!! thank you.

[@wendelinnugent68]

thank you , have been stuck and read comments, yours helped.

[@ukezebrano]

I'm stuck there, you are GOD

[@ledusko]

yo god bless you, I've been on it for like 4hours, thank you so much, hope your life is going well, you deserve it, bless you

[@EthanRMus]

Ah this worked but this still creates a gap between the liquid and its container that isn't adequately remedied by hiding the original and creating a scaled-down duplicate. Surely there's got to be a better way! :(

[@jirituomaala4446]

For those having issues with the mesh not appearing: Go to the first frame on the timeline, then click the "resolution divisions" field in your fluid domain object, and press enter without changing the value to anything new. Now play the simulation and it should have updated to show the simulation and mesh. The same bug occurs even in Maya's Bifröst simulations. These kinds of bugs MUST be fixed!

[@priyanshushekhar2968]

where?

[@saraimarte]

thank you sooo much.

[@blacksonic2094]

holy crap thankyou

[@creatroyer2701]

if this still didnt work for anyone just take a sleep and probably do it tommorow cause thats what i did and it still wont work

[@TheFlashStickman]

I'm having the opposite problem. The cube ISN'T disappearing. :(

[@sakibshaikh8808]

hey guys! for those whose fluid is spilling out from the bottom of the cup u can try the following 1. make your cup thicker 2. select your cube, sphere and cup and scale them up at once and try baking at different variations of scales...(u might wanna use replay as the type of cache for this ) 3. change the size of the sphere (try different variations in replay type) 4. change resolution divisions by factors of tens or fives. IF YOU KEEP THE RESOLUTION DIVISIONS SAME YOU WILL HAVE TO CLICK ON THE RESOLUTION DIV. VALUE AND JUST PRESS ENTRE WITHOUT CHANGING FOR MAKING THE CHANGES YOU MADE WORK i guess it will solve the issue if u do this I did the same ...i just kept my res. div. to 5 and thickened my cup and scaled all of the objects up ....then i scales my sphere down... i did all this in replay type

[@omenofgravity]

worked for me thanks dude.

[@yinyang75]

Thankyou so much

[@QuickDeath02]

If anyone's having trouble making their cups fill up like I did, increase the effector's values and test it out - that fixed it for me

[@Andreyuku]

I use a cup scaled to reality (7cm) and the simulation is very broken. What size is your cup?

[@pr9039]

@@Andreyuku Broken how?

[@Andreyuku]

@@pr9039 it clips through

[@FlowPoly]

@@Andreyuku same here

[@codecomfort]

Tnq

[@TheDucaChannel]

I hope there will be more of these tuts about fluids...! Well done!

[@sahrinsamad9815]

try crossmind studio

[@MargaritaHunter]

Domain doesn't become a mesh. Stays solid. Blender 2.92

[@pogoezra5515]

Hey i have been trying to follow your tutorial but when i select mesh on the domian it still stays visible.... I am usin blender 2.93 ..need help with that..

[@CosmicExplorerX]

@@MargaritaHunter same happening here. Blender 3.0

[@ultrasonic7730]

@@CosmicExplorerX mee three, i thought it was a pc bug but it looks like something changed between version 2.8 and 2.9+

[@nicerdicer1402]

4:48 I found a solution for those, who have fluid simulation and checkbox "mesh" is not working. In the "flow" settings, you switch to active the "initial velocity" checkbox, and you should go in the "flow source" and scroll "surface emission" slider, play with the values, in my case i set "0.00150" and all start to work, i think any value other than 0 will do. So in the "domain" you need to increase the "resolution divisions" from 32 to 64. The mesh will start to disappear, the water will start to flow. The author of the video should explain for possible problems in the process of creating a simulation. And sorry for my bad english, i hope I wrote everything clearly enough. UPD: if this solution dont help you, go to "Cache", set type to all and set checkbox "resumable" to active, and click Bake all

[@marvira]

yes you helped me, i followed your guides, thanks a lot!

[@nicerdicer1402]

@@marvira also you can change only resolution and cache will clear, cache is the main problem with blender as i found out, its works with all glitches with animation, just change single parameter and cache will reset

[@Zaire82]

This was my problem too, thanks.

[@seeven8091]

omg your a fricking legend

[@kitnuh]

OMG I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@zanzibar4730]

A key part of a beginner tutorial is making sure you miss ZERO steps, especially in a software like this where 1 click can make or break the entire project. Just be aware of that, this tutorial is great but it took a LOT of outside googling and comment reading to fix things that weren't covered.

[@RLarson3000]

Seriously! I appreciate the help, but showing all your clicks and how you set a few things up would go a long way! No idea how to put that shading node view on while I look at the original. Would be great to learn though.

[@saltedmaple]

@@RLarson3000 or maybe before going on simulations like this. Be sure that you have watched at least a few videos regarding the UI of blender. A little bit of it might help lol

[@krizzcat]

I totally agree ! so many details left out! so this is not for beginners like me...

[@CGSTUDENT15]

I disagree this is a beginner tut not for compl beginner

[@zanzibar4730]

@@CGSTUDENT15 Beginner is beginner my guy

[@MediaHootLLC]

completed this a week ago with a coffee cup and went to do it again and couldnt get the technique to work. I finally figured out that I had to add a little thickness to the container so that the normals inside could be flipped the correct way. Thank you for the tut!!!!

[@No_name_guy_]

Sorry to bother you a year later but im starting fluid simulation and blender in general and im having trubles finding where to add/modify the thickness of the container could you please tell me how to do it 🙏

[@soundsasleepasmr9954]

I SPENT AAGGES TRYING TO WORK THIS OUT. I HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE. Follow this video. BUT on your cup or w/e go in to the physics tab where you set it to be a effector and in settings set the surface thickness. Set your cache to all/bake and save your simulation should now work. ALSO in my case the mesh didnt disappear until i played the keyframes

[@qu_feigenbauma]

THANK YOU!

[@khamissjd4389]

thank u so fucking much.

[@Kahoneki]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@prgnaffy694]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Your comment saved my day!

[@samitaadhikari3182]

My first ever animation ☕turned out pretty nice 👌

[@heckensteiner4713]

Awesome tutorial! I hit a brick wall in the middle that had me stuck for a little bit, but I figured it out. If anyone encounters an "Unbaked guides" error above the baking button, there is a checkbox for "Guides" in the just below the "Liquid" checkbox in the Domain options. Just uncheck that "Guides" box, and you should be good to go!

[@charlesweaver3000]

Hey, Cbailyfilm. I always loved making fluid simulations with mantaflow, but there are so many settings you have to mess around with to make it look right. Thank you for this awesome tutorial that explains everything very well.

[@aidenmorris3833]

im getting lost at 4:34 making it mesh doesnt get rid of anything, it keeps the domain as is and i dont see any flow when i press space bar plz help

[@janborodako231]

I had same issue, just do everything the same and bake

[@CarpeUniversum]

Yup, same issue.

[@ReinaDeNegras]

Same, I wanna cry. But I ignore de Cube and put Bake botom, start animation and in the end de cube disapear, but only in the frames with animation. Now I have a fluid with move.

[@walthansen6333]

I had this same issue. I found that if I went in to Cach, turned it onto module, saved, then went back and turned Cache to 'replay', while doing the modeling, it works. I've seen more than 1 tutorial that doesn't function in 2.92 the way it does for the person doing the tutorial.

[@MrTwofab]

Tick the fractional obstacles option... And your are done

[@jayreedart]

For anyone not getting the domain to disappear go to object properties tab > Viewport display > check wireframe and then go to Display as Wire.

[@Rip_Rxu]

Omg tysm

[@ninjanate6297]

thank you this was so helpful

[@sunrisexsky6633]

thanks a lot , it worked.

[@cameron.t]

For anybody who had issues with the liquid showing up or mesh I had success by making sure nothing was intersecting the mesh. I did this tutorial and a different version, ensuring no intersection of my basin (or cup) made baking possible. Once baked, the mesh appears (which means the cube domain disappears). The other comments regarding mesh may be helpful, but I messed around (intersecting domain) and that seems to have been my consistent problem.

[@NataniellaJonan]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! IT WORKED BRO

[@theearthisbread]

Can’t leave without commenting on how great this tutorial is, its fast yet easy to follow and even fun to watch. Thanks!

[@jakobhalskov]

Totally agree, I have just spent too much time and pain watching other tutorials on Blender liquid simulations. Well done Chris!

[@bezoezo]

You just saved my final project to graduate. Man you are the best.

[@anaesthetic312]

Same here!

[@princepark1013]

Thank you for defining the principles of doing a fluid simulation. It feels like something is missing when I follow a fluid tutorial and just copy the steps but don’t even understand why I’m doing it

[@EthanRMus]

Thank you! Great tutorial. Thorough but no fluff and concise but not annoyingly fast.

[@Chilledoutredhead]

i'm a simple man, i see coffee i click like.

[@comedycesspit8561]

if anyone sees this, if your domain mesh doesn't disappear when you bake it and you don't have any fluids, increase the resolution. it will take longer but it was most likely work. the voxel needs to be smaller than the fluid emitter

[@devannanda8097]

how do I inrease resolution

[@bizzydizzy]

@@devannanda8097 Select the domain: in the Physics tab there are Settings in Fluid. Increase the number in Resolution Divisions. In Wireframe view, you can see the voxel size in the corner of the domain so you will have an idea of when it is small enough.

[@KryptonCaged]

Thank you! This fixed it in Blender 3.0!

[@juau8446]

Thank you!

[@seannarae]

I am having the same issue as other here in the comments, at 4:48: With my DOMAIN selected, when i tick the MESH checkbox, my cube does NOT disappear as it does in the tutorial. I therefore cannot see what my INFLOW and the simulation looks like. Only way at this point to follow along with the tutorial is if i am in wireframe view with X-ray turned on

[@p.kmations]

to see inside domain go to Properties editor > Object > Viewport Display set Wire

[@slipstream4547]

doesn't work@@p.kmations

[@xlboi04]

@@p.kmations works for me thanks man

[@lokosstratos7192]

to get the domain to disappear in blender 3.1++ you'd have to bake it first. The baking button is on the cache tab under where you tick "Mesh"

[@chefcabbage7196]

@@lokosstratos7192 still doesn't work for me

[@PaulSmithVPS]

Great info, even putting aside the "caysh" thing. I've learned more from this than most other vids on this topic.

[@Jackinbox19001]

the only toturial that not boring

[@samtechprod]

thanks for the tutorial

[@DiamantOpp]

I spent way too long making fluid sims but forgetting to turn on mesh thank you so much for this tutorial

[@helio295]

I've always heard it as "cash". It look me a minute to figure out what you meant. Good video.

[@nourantarek6548]

I love your tutorials!

[@yumri4]

That is super easy to follow and easier to get what i want than quick fluid too

[@atakandurusoy]

Very effective tutorial. Thank you.

[@VinOnline]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER!

[@Im_RajSingh]

You have a good teaching style.

[@kebab_the_pilot]

Me: Hmmmm, I wonder how the fluid would look with 4096 resolution divisions. My pc: PLEASE HAVE MERCY

[@Fizzix]

Oooh man I learned a thing about eevee rendering fluids here so that was worth the watch.

[@justablackscreen]

for anyone having trouble with the mesh not appearing and tried everything int the comments, what i did was increase the resolution divisions, im assuming mine didn't as i scaled it too small. hope this helps!

[@Omapk]

Thank you! This fixed mine.

[@viktor187]

OMG... THANK YOU!!! I scaled up my model and if worked perfectly :)

[@legacylee]

Decided I wanted to make a head in a jar, I've done some fluid sims in the past, but it's been a while. Of course, I started running into issues with leaks, then I realized my set up was wrong had to come back and peep this tut, so thanks again brotha. I appreciate all you guys who put out helpful content like this. It's a godsend for aspiring artists and filmmakers like myself. Big thanks homie!

[@alexkerasidis]

Damn! That was one intense coffee tutorial! XD Thank you!

[@drewx10]

Appreciate the walk through on this!! I've replayed it, well a bunch of times.

[@charlesheng6589]

Your explanation was the best ! Please make a mantaflow explosion tutorial.

[@joe_fabricator]

Very cool. Thanks Chris.

[@jitheshkuyyalil]

Thanks a lot for the coffee!

[@dmauleon]

Awesome!!!! Very welcome tutorial!!!

[@cg_cookie]

Yay! Thanks for the watch! ☕️

[@BinngBongg]

Great video, easy to follow! Thanks for all the tips!

[@nojart2269]

Thanx you're a very good teacher!!!

[@astrocloudy]

Yup notifications all the way on

[@ianmor57]

For those having issues with the mesh not appearing: don't forget to apply scales on objects and use cache type "All"/That did the trick for me

[@ThegrateChipson]

when i set the cache type to all my luicuid disapers

[@ikumiikumi7512]

This is so pleasant to see. I love it

[@InHouseStudios]

You are by far my favorite channel and I use KZbin a lot! I am a premium member! Thank you keep up the good work!

[@leizhu9398]

nice, I subscribed the channel straightaway after 3 minutes of watching.

[@gamingproject]

Great Video for learning the basics of Fluid Sim , thanks Chris!

[@CBaileyFilm]

You're very welcome @Gaming Project!

[@KatlinSchirmer]

Cool Thanks dear!

[@CBaileyFilm]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@bobabooey8367]

Thanks Cookie Dude

[@kanedaskywalker]

For those still having trouble with the mesh not appearing or the cube not disappearing, try resizing your vsphere, make it a bit larger. with the key letter S on your keyboard

[@shilpiarora7551]

nah bro you just have to bake it

[@DoryRail]

Wonderful.

[@joshuab4092]

So I guess my question is, can a fluid Sim interact with another fluid Sim? So for instance if I wanted to pour cream into the coffee? Or would I need to work some shader magic and fake the mixing?

[@mtechgamings4705]

Thanks cookie! This helped me a lot!

[@na_haynes]

I want some more coffee now. Great tutorial!

[@graphicfanta2167]

Thank you Boss!

[@WiLdLiFeMystery]

Going to watch now but before that I am going to give a Huge like in advance.😁👍💯

[@cg_cookie]

Hey, that's pretty rad to get a like BEFORE watching the video. Thanks! - Wes

[@CBaileyFilm]

Nice!

[@WiLdLiFeMystery]

@@cg_cookie 😁👍. I can only make donuts and tea cup. But I like this types of video.

[@NukegamerboyRA]

I have learned a lot thanks to you!

[@OdiljonBotirov-di4tj]

Thank you that was very useful tutorial

[@jesperjee]

4.33 - How come when I turn on Mesh the cube is still there and nothing happens? I am in the latest version of Blender. This program is impossible to learn when it doesn´t work following along with the tutorials. Very frustrating.

[@gergelypifko2123]

Did u manage to solve this problem? This is driving me crazy.

[@JuurG]

​@@gergelypifko2123 it disappears when you bake the scene in the cache setting of the domain cube, also had trouble with this but finally figured it out

[@gergelypifko2123]

@@JuurG Yeah, I figured it out too, If I have it set to playback, it's buggy, but if I have it as modular, it's fine as long as I rebake after every change.

[@DeanMasley]

This didn't work for me. I baked data but the cube still didn't disappear.

[@gergelypifko2123]

@@DeanMasley Did you bake the mesh too?

[@TerryMartinART]

Hope Cuda core water sims comes one day.

[@roguedogx]

this was a good tutorial thank you!

[@bebra2006snus]

thank u so much

[@iteacherarmy]

it was so satisfying 😍

[@Nizzine]

Now just making a donut by blender guru and my day is perfect

[@moharmon770]

Awesome stuff!

[@BrentVR-nz6zd]

Thank you so much for this! I l really love everything about your approach! First video, (soon to be) long-time fan!

[@morganarodrigues6974]

I lovedddd!! I love this channel! 🥰

[@littlehibiscus8118]

This is sooo helpful! Thank you! 10/10

[@p.kmations]

Wow, thanks, very well explained tutorial

[@jonatasmorais9529]

Amazing video!

[@matlollo8514]

Very clear! Thank you!

[@pr9039]

Very cool, thank you!

[@jits149]

🤗 Thanks for the coffee buddy ☕️ I have Enjoyed and Learned

[@gallippos]

After an hour searching for the right Video i found this. This is the kind of content we need more on KZbin. Thx and great Video!

[@nathanphan3042]

thanks cg

[@gernotkinzel1286]

Epic! Exactly what I wanted to know.

[@evdxb5630]

Yeah that was Amazing thanks

[@danielf5651]

Excellent!

[@groovynelson1575]

That is so cool. I guess I owe you a cup of coffee!

[@Glowbox3D]

Nice tutorial!

[@cg_cookie]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@niklastsalkos]

so cool, thx!

[@The_Lazy_Misfit]

Excited, just finished making a donut :-) skipped the how to make a glass and plate part. But interested in doing a fluid simulation. Good timing on the video. Let’s roll!

[@alexwentoutside6843]

Thank You!!!

[@daniels571]

thank you so much! :)

[@pete3d408]

Thank you so much

[@dripdrops3310]

Awesome tutorial format!

[@mahnoor6357]

I've been looking for fluid tutorial this helped me a lot so thank you !

[@0calvin]

I really loved this tutorial. It was a great balance between explaining properly and being succinct. Cheers!

[@iscream409]

What does succinct mean?

[@paulovictorcarvalhodeolive2618]

If you're having problems with keyframes, set then first and bake it after

[@arcticbarbarian]

I have been looking for tutorials about how to use fluids in Blender. And this is the only tutorial that have helped me. Most other tutorials are kinda boring and slow..

[@Gamingfusion760]

you are good bro

[@KaliadderExperiments]

This is a wonderful introduction to fluid simulations. Thanks so much!

[@arvzsights5045]

oh wow and its eeveee...

[@xpro3199]

Very good...I liked

[@lucasbernardes9230]

OMG guys! Perfect time! I was really looking for this

[@kamius1]

Thanks for great video. I appreciate the way you explain the process very much because it is easy to understand.🙂👍