Converting simulation.. Bin to VDB, I have a SIM that needs to be converted from particles to Voxel?

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Basically its the foam of a simulation. Need to get it over to VDB so Vray can render it as a Vray Volume Grid in 3dsMax. Can Houdini do this? I am completely new to Houdini. If this can be done can someone be kind enough to give me a newb walkthrough.

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Yes you can, but if you are really noob at Houdini, fluids aren't the easiest thing to do. Whitewater in Houdini is generally particles, but can be converted to a volume that you can export as a vdb. Houdini 17 introduced a lot more whitewater tools, so the workflow has been improved since I last worked with it. Very simply to answer your question, there are multiple nodes that are able to convert particles to a vdb for your to use with a vray volume grid.
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That is extremely impressive I guess it's time to learn Houdini will The Apprentice version do this
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Yes. Apprentice can write out VDB, but I don't think it can write out an abc.
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