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Fire Environment Effect 273
Sample fire effects
Example: To cr eate a campfire:
1.
Click Helpers on the Create panel and choose
Atmospheric App aratus (page 3–300) from the
subcategory list.
2. Click Sphere Gizmo. Drag the cursor in the Top
view por t to define an apparatus radius of about
20units.TurnontheHemispherecheckboxin
Sphere Gizmo Parameters.
3. Click Non-Uniform Scale. Click Yes in the
Warningdialog(thiswarningdoesn’tapplyto
atmospheric gizmos), and scale the apparatus
250percentalongitslocalZaxisonly.Youcan
then model logs, embers, and rocks a round the
base of the apparatus.
4. OpentheModifypaneloftheSphereGizmo.
OntheAtmosphererollout,clickAddand
chooseFirefromtheAddAtmospheredialog.
5. Highlight Fire in the Atmospheres list under
the Atmospheres & Effects rollout. Click Setup.
6. Set the following parameters under Shape and
Characteristics:
•FlameType=Te n d r i l
•Stretch=0.8
•FlameSize=18.0
•FlameDensity=30.0
7. Turn on Auto Key and advance to the end of
the animation.
8. Set the following p arameters under Motion:
•Phase=300.0
•Drift=200.0
The Fire effect doesn’t cast any light in the scene.
If you want to simulate illumination from the fire
effect, you must create li ghts as well.
Example mode l with fire
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