smokeParticles - Smoke Particles

Description

Smoke simulation with volumetric shadows using half-angle slicing technique. Uses CUDA for procedural simulation, Thrust Library for sorting algorithms, and OpenGL for graphics rendering.

Key Concepts

Graphics Interop, Data Parallel Algorithms, Physically-Based Simulation

Supported SM Architectures

SM 5.0 SM 5.2 SM 5.3 SM 6.0 SM 6.1 SM 7.0 SM 7.2 SM 7.5 SM 8.0 SM 8.6 SM 8.7 SM 8.9 SM 9.0

Supported OSes

Linux, Windows

Supported CPU Architecture

x86_64, armv7l

CUDA APIs involved

CUDA Runtime API

cudaExtent, cudaPitchedPtr, cudaCreateTextureObject, cudaMemcpyToSymbol

Dependencies needed to build/run

X11, OpenGL, Freeglut, GLEW

Prerequisites

Download and install the CUDA Toolkit for your corresponding platform. Make sure the dependencies mentioned in Dependencies section above are installed.

References (for more details)

whitepaper