Cineversity

Hello,

I am completely new to Cinema4D so forgive me if this is a silly question or even in the wrong spot. I tried to do some research before hand but couldn’t really find what I was looking for.

Basically I am trying to make a container animate by rocking it back and forth, and want a liquid inside to respond to that rocking motion like it would in real life by splashing around back and forth.

I have a rough set up going of a tube and a blue “liquid” inside (see screenshot for reference). Right now when it rocks back and forth, the blue just stays level and moves with the container like it was a solid. Is there a way to make it act like a liquid?

Hi chuck,

Not a silly question at all. The Forum you have chosen to post is the wrong one. Please use for those questions the Q&A forum. Thanks a lot.

Typically that would be a mouse-click for me, but I do not have the admin-rights to mess with the Toolbox Support Forum. I just saw your post. Normally I would answer much faster. When this is moved to the Q&A, please let me know if you have questions. I’m happy to look into it.

Here is an example: (It is a little bit larger, as I have included a cache, so you can see what I saw.

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/fWOm5gFMz3gPAe5Qyd1P9d0XcSv6qZn3J3zcS9ldTPT

If you like to dive deeper into the fluid simulation options, you should check out RealFlow for Cinema 4D or X-Particles. You will find in both specialized tools that can’t be easily replaced.

ENJOY

Click on the image, to get a Gif preview.

Thank so much for the response Dr. Sassi. I will dig into the files you provided!

You’re very welcome, chuck!

Here is an example of that technique a couple of years ago.

https://youtu.be/6RbvEZmlMwE

Cheers.

Do you happen to know of a tutorial video that happens to walk through the steps of that technique? I opened the file you provided and that is exactly what I was looking for, but since I’m basically brand new to cinema4D I can’t really piece together the process/method behind it.

Hi chuck,

The basics of dynamics are the key to this technique. With that being established, we move on to Volume Modeling.

A short tutorial about dynamics that comes close to your question:
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/modyn_medical_logo/modyn_medical_logo_-_part_3

There would be the short little exploration of water with default tools here:
https://youtu.be/xgFqIP0NlzE?t=695

My suggestion would be to just explore the Dynamics a little bit, especially the Rigid Body Tag>> Attribute Manager> Collision> Shape.

When this can be done with ease, move on to explore the Volume part.

ENJOY.

Perfect! Thanks so much. Having some direction on where to start searching really does help.

You’re very welcome, chuck!

Let me know if there is a question about it. I’m happy to look into it.

My best wishes.