Maya Bifrost Extension

On September 10, 2020

Release date:2020, March 10

Author:Aaron F. Ross

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Explore the Bifrost graph, a powerful new procedural content creation framework from Autodesk. Instructor Aaron Ross covers the Bifrost Extension, a free Maya plugin for creating tools to accelerate almost every aspect of 3D production. Using the Bifrost visual programming environment, artists and technical directors in all 3D disciplines can automate complex processes and generate assets without writing a single line of code.
Topics include:
Core concepts of proceduralism
How Bifrost integrates with Maya
Navigating the Bifrost Graph
Loading example graphs from the Bifrost Browser
Simulating atmospheres and combustion with the Aero solver
Building a graph from scratch
Deforming polygon geometry
Using Bifrost in production
Assigning materials
Converting a Bifrost shape to a Maya shape
Caching a simulation to disk
Rendering an atmosphere in Arnold

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001 Introducing the Bifrost Extension for Maya
002 Prerequisites
003 Using the exercise files
004 Understanding visual programming
005 Appreciating proceduralism
006 Conceptualizing the Bifrost framework
007 Enabling Bifrost in the Plug-in Manager
008 Loading a graph from the Bifrost Browser
009 Analyzing a graph in the Graph Editor
010 Navigating nested compounds
011 Creating a basic graph
012 Installing a new compound in the user home directory
013 Constructing a graph from compounds and other nodes
014 Moving points in normal space
015 Exposing Bifrost parameters in Maya
016 Working with scene transforms
017 Creating and publishing a compound
018 Converting Bifrost geometry to a Maya mesh
019 Assigning a material reference from Maya
020 Defining a material in the Bifrost Graph
021 Preparing a simulation disk cache
022 Writing a disk cache
023 Rendering a Bifrost volume in Arnold
024 Next steps