3DS Max Arnold VDB not showing

[reuter.philipp]

Hello,

like discribed VDBs are not showing in my Drawing. I just wanted to explore the Scene from:https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AF3DSUG/Rendering+a+Cloud

But if I open the Scene it only shows the Physical Sky but not the Cloud.

I even tryed to create a new Scene but if I open the VDB it asks for Grids, but there are no to select. Img from Tutorial (I have no options there):

My Scene Showcase:

Tryed other VDB Scenes aswell, all with the same result, does somebody know how to solve this?

(Sry for my bad English)

Greetings

Philipp

[lee_griggs]

I just tried it now and it worked fine.

[lee_griggs]

It looks like you haven't downloaded the vdb file link in the tutorial. Download it and open it in the volume.

[reuter.philipp]

@Lee Griggs Thanks for the Answer 🙂 I have the Files from Disney downloaded and even imported to a new File (I use 3DS 2019). Still nothing visible but like I sayed my Grid Window is completly empty, i think thast why it doesent work, but I cant fix it 😞 (all other VDBs I tested dont have Grids to choose from too)

[lee_griggs]

Did you try the scene file from the tutorial?

[reuter.philipp]

Yes, I tried it first with the scene file and it didnt worked, becuse i forgot to downloade the Files from Disney, but even after its still not working. I think it has something to do with the VDB Grids, i couldnt select any Grids no matter wich vdb i tried (even tried the other Tutorials with vdb files, all are not showing)

[lee_griggs]

I should show the Density grid enabled when it loads the VDB. Just click on OK and it should work.

[lee_griggs]

You assigned a Standard Volume to it right?

[Anonymous]

I have exactly the same problem with 3ds max 2019, I can't select any Parameter Grids form any VDB file. Can you Help us?

[reuter.philipp]

Hi BÀRBARA MICO-VICENT, I never got it to work with 3Ds Max 2019 unfortunately, I suspect some bug, but if I remember correctly it had worked for me with the 2020+ version.

If you could try if it works and write an answer for all who have the same problem, I would appreciate it.

With kind regards,

Philipp

[Stephen.Blair]

If the vdb really does have grids, and you know their names, you could type them into the Grids box of the Volume object