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  • The preview size is defined under Preference > Preview > Default Options or a camera's “Width” and “Height” parameters.


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  • To hide the grid press the G key.
  • The camera's viewport frames are disabled under View > Camera Safe Frame.
  • The scene's node list in the viewport's upper left corner is disabled under Preferences > Display > Display Info.
  • Decide, which scene elements you want to see in preview and hide unwanted nodes.
  • The preview range can be adjusted with the timeline's playback frame fields (see below).- green is the start frame, red the stop frame.


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Your preview can be recorded from any perspective view or a camera:

  • Display shelf > OpenGL Preview
  • RealFlow will go through the given playback range, load the simulation data, and record each frame to disk.
  • Once the frames have been recorded they are assembled and shown in the → “Movie Player”.


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The OpenGL preview icon.

Screenshot Previews

If you want to use this method please activate the appropriate export resource first:

  • Export > Export Central (F12) > PREVIEW > Image sequence (*)
  • Double-click on the “tga” option for a list with available file formats.


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With this method, RealFlow will take a 1:1 screenshot from the viewport:

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  • The size of the rendered images is controlled with the camera's “Width” and “Height” parameters.
  • If desired, adjust the playback range with the timeline (see timeline image “Open GL Previews”).
  • Materials can be applied manually for every node under Node Params > Maxwell Render > Material.
  • Lighting, image quality, sampling level etc. are adjusted under Display shelf > Maxwell Scene Preferences.


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  • Click on Display shelf > Maxwell Preview
  • Once the frames have been rendered they are assembled and shown in the → “Movie Player”.