How to make water spray look more authentic?

[jgjYRRKE]

Hi all.

Im making animations where i need to animate waterspray from a nozzle, but how?

I have tried making the waterspray transparent, but it still looks "flat".

Anybody got any ideas? 🙂

Thx for your time.

[Anonymous]

model a cone instead of a sector

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.17/h/jessica2.html

[jgjYRRKE]

It is flat fan nozzles, not hollow cone nozzles 🙂

[Cadmanto]

What about just creating a triangular model that represents the flat water spray.  Then change the material to water.

This thread might give you some ideas as well.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/water-rendering/td-p/6068752

Another thought would be to model it in Inventor, then animate it in 3D Max or Maya.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-do-i-make-an-animation-that-sprays-a-mist-in-inven...

Windows 10 x64 -16GB Ram
Intel i7-6700 @ 3.41ghz
nVidia GTS 250 - 1 GB
Inventor Pro 2018

[Anonymous]

please

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@Anonymous model with Water Bubbles style applied.

[jgjYRRKE]

Thx for your input 😄

I fear it will look too much like a cone, and not the flat fan nozzle spray, but i will try to play around with it.

Any other suggestions?

[pompeo79]

edited

[admaiora]

In these cases I use a custom material with opacity maps

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[jgjYRRKE]

Thx a lot for your inspiration all 🙂

I ended up with the following solution.

It's not great, but better than the initial solution.