[Bf-committers] A few observations on fluidsim

[Bart]

The Fluid panel needs some GUI smoothness too.

Here is my proposal for it:
http://www.neeneenee.de/blender/features/fluids.png

Alexander Ewering schrieb:
> 
> This being the first time I use the fluid simulation, some initial oddities
> / questions about the UI came up:
> 
> - "Real-size" is the "Size of the fluid simulation domain in meters".
> 
>   What is meant by "size"? What if the domain is not cubic?
>   And, why can't it be larger than 1 metre?
> 
>   Is this setting really needed? 1 Blender unit is 1 metre anyway.
>   (yes, it is. Look at the game engine. setting the gravitational constant
>   to 9.81 gives correct physics if 1 Blender unit is used as 1 metre.)
> 
> - Is Start Time and End Time meant in seconds? If yes, it should say so
>   in the tooltip
> 
> - "Select Output" and the actual path overlap in the UI, and also, there's
>   a strange default value of "D/tmp" or something.
> 
>   Also, the standard way to present a directory with a fileselect is
>   using an IconBut with a textbox next to it, like in the Output selector
>   in the Scene buttons.
> 
> | alexander ewering              instinctive mediaworks
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