Hey guys,
I seem to have a vary basic problem:
I’m modeling a landscape inlcuding a volcano which emitts smoke. But for some reason I cannot render smoke at all. So I made a small test with just the basic cube and the Quick Smoke effect in a new document but still nothing gets rendered.
Does anyone have an idea why this is the case?
I’m using V 2.8 and Cycley Render engine.
Thanks for your help!
Can I see the blend file?
I’m not allowed to upload attachmenats because I’m a new user 
On 2.81 release… new file > select default cube > quick smoke > play to frame 40 > f12 , default cube-no smoke. I’ve seen this before, don’t remember what I had to do to fix it.
Have you baked the simulation?
I didn’t, but I have seen it work, and also not work without baking.
You need to bake the smoke before it renders, not just play it. I struggled with this recently and eventually figured out. You can see the result:
Thanks a lot guys, baking was the problem. I did not know that i had to bake it before it appears in my render.
You are great!
No, it is very unintuitive and not like other simulations.
