You can specify which fluid properties are saved in the cache file: Density, Velocity, Temperature, Fuel, and Color. You can only cache properties that use the Static or Dynamic grid method. You can also cache grid Texture Coordinates. This ensures that the texture renders appropriately if you use the playback cache to render.
To create a fluids cache
- Select the fluid container.
- Select nCache > Create New Cache > Maya Fluid > .
- In the Create Fluid nCache Options, set creation options, if necessary, and then click the Create button.
- Maya creates a fluids playback nCache file for the selected fluid container. your fluid cache files are saved to the \maya\projects\default\data\cache directory by default.