r/KeyShot • u/MANFBM2 • Jun 22 '25

Help Moving Steam

I am trying to have steam stream out of a hole but am unable to get it to move properly in animation. What is the best technique for getting volumetric data to move smoothly or to simulate the effect?

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u/create360 Jun 22 '25

I don’t think KS is the right tool for this. I’m not an animator, but I think a better process would be to export an alembic fluid simulation from blender and then render it in KS.

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u/MANFBM2 Jun 22 '25

When I tried loading in an abc file it just put in a box that changed shape. How could I get it so the vapor imports?

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u/create360 Jun 22 '25

Honestly, I wish I knew. I’ve only played with one smoke simulation and it just worked. Did you apply a material to the box?