Exporting Blender Fluid Simulations out as .obj files

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Hi I just completed a fluid simulation within Blender. When I go to export the thing out blender, it only exports a solid box out (the domain container). The actual fluid is no where to be found? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, Im brand new to Blender. Thanks

Joel H.

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Did you set the path for baking in the Domain Panel.

If not the default is /tmp/.
If you or your OS accidently cleaned this folder…, the domain will get a box again.

Does your Simulation play by pressing Alt+A?

All Simulationobjects end with *.gz ( like -fluidsurface_final_Number.bobj.gz-)

Maybe you can find them this way, put them in one folder and correct the path in your blend file

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Patel, I did all those things and everything is working fine. I dont think Im quite explaining my problem correctly. Everything in Blender is correct. I am exporting out of Blender as an .obj into a program called Strata3D. Once there, the only thing I see is the domain box. The mesh from the fluid simulation is nowhere to be found? I have a funny feeling that maybe Im not exporting the correct data from Blender into Strata??

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For the fluid frame that you want, have you tried applying the fluid modifier ?

Richard

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That worked! thanks Richard