[Bf-committers] Patch: Adaptive time step for fluid particles

[Nathan Vegdahl]

I don't have the expertise to review the code, but I've been playing
with the patch and it certainly makes fluid particles a lot more
stable.  One more step towards making particle fluids usable, IMO. :-)

--Nathan


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Alex Fraser <adfries at vpac.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have added a patch to the tracker that automatically sets the number of subframes for SPH simulations.
>
>    http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=27442&group_id=9&atid=127
>
> This tends to make the simulations stable, while minimising processing time.
>
> I would appreciate feedback, if you would like to try it. After applying the patch, this feature can be enabled by ticking the box next to Particles > Physics > Subframes. There are demos in the tracker (sorry, they're a bit large) and a graph to illustrate how it works.
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
> --
> Alex Fraser
> Software Engineer
> The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
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