Import embergen explosion into Houdini

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I'd like to use Embergen to design my explosions, then render them in Houdini. So I tried exporting the vdb from Embergen and loading it into Houdini via the File SOP node.

While the volume does seem to be coming in correctly, there is no "fire" element. See the screenshot of Embergen compared to the screenshot of Houdini.

What's the proper way to get my Houdini viewport to match my Embergen viewport?

I'm guessing Houdini doesn't intuitively "know" there's an explosion going on.

Attached are 20 or so frames from the vdb sim.
Edited by wyhinton1 - Jan. 10, 2023 19:18:56

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DEFAULT_0000.zip (3.3 MB)
embergen_view.png (790.6 KB)
HOUDINI_VIEW.png (2.0 MB)
import_embergen.hip (89.1 KB)

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you can use "pyro bake volume" node with some adjustments.
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How about changing the binding tab in pyrobybakevolume?
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