Create an explosion in Maya?

[AlaaAliTaha]

Is it possible to create an explosion in maya and convert it to any other common format (fbx) to be used in another cg software ... any ideas ?

[Anonymous]

yes-change voxel representation in fluid & convert it onto mesh

[syracoj]

for nParticles you could use the dynExport python command to output pdb/pda's.

for maya fluids, you could use a technique similar to this one:

http://technophobiax.blogspot.ca/2014/01/maya-fluids-to-particles-krakatoa-my-23.html

to get maya fluids transfered to nParticles (I personally have never tried this)

and then use dynExport to output pdb/pda's

if your using bifrost Aero you could use the bif2prt devkit example to export your sim to prt files (to send to Krakatoa)

the dynExport w/ example can be found in the maya help doc: Under Technical Documentation > Python Commands