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Synopsis

loadFluid([currentTime=boolean], [frame=float], [initialConditions=boolean])

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

loadFluid is undoable, queryable, and editable.

A command to set builtin fluid attributes such as Density, Velocity, etc for individual grid cells or for all cells in the grid. (Note that setting force is an alternate way of setting velocity at one time step - it does not load and reapply the force each timestep. FIX: need a world space option as well?

Return value

None

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Keywords

fluid

Flags

currentTime, frame, initialConditions
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
initialConditions(ic) boolean createqueryedit
load initial conditions cache
currentTime(ct) boolean createqueryedit
load current frame of playback cache
frame(f) float createqueryedit
load specified frame of playback cache
Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Load the initial conditions cache into the fluid
cmds.loadFluid( ic=True )
# Load the fluid from the current frame of the playback cache
# or the last frame if it is past the end
cmds.loadFluid( ct=True )
cmds.loadFluid( currentTime=True )
# Load the fluid from the specified frame of the playback cache
# or the last frame if it is past the end
cmds.loadFluid( f=28 )