First Fluid Simulation

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Hey all, i’m incredibly new to the world of 3D modeling, but I am a commercial product photographer by trade so at least I understand light…

At any rate, I followed this tutorial on FaceTube to generate this fluid sim. My two questions are these:

  1. Why is my fluid so sparse in volume? If I want to fill the ‘container’ what parameters do I need to make adjustments to?

  2. I noticed that the fluid basically ‘pours’ into the environment from one side of the domain. Why is this?

Thanks in advance. I’m freaking excited to learn from blenderartists!

Rob

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The tutorial looks fairly “straight forward”, though there are quite a few things that might cause issues.

  1. Incorrect normals. - In edit mode, select all [a], and recalculate normals [Ctrl] + [n] > outside

  2. Improper scaling - In object mode, apply scaling [Ctrl] + [a] > scale

Usually for fluid to pour in like that, the object has been assigned as an ‘inflow’ object.

A good idea if that doesn’t fix things would be to post your blend file at:

http://pasteall.org/blend/

for more help.

Once you have 10 or more posts, you can attach your file at blenderartist .