ASCII FLIP fluid playground

A particle fluid simulation rendered as real selectable text. Drag with a mouse or finger to orbit; click or tap to apply the selected Splash or Emit tool in 3D. Open Advanced for simulation controls, presets, statistics and Maya navigation.








— particles
speed — / — / —
vort  — / — / —



 
 






 
 perspective




— fps


Alt + LMB orbit / Alt + MMB pan / Alt + RMB dolly / drag to select






 
Utilities
Output & help

 
 
View

  
 

 
Export

  
  
  
  
 

 
Keyboard & navigation reference

  
Orbit / panright-drag / Shift + right-drag

  
Orbit / text / emitO / T / E

  
Maya orbit / pan / dollyAlt + LMB / MMB / RMB

  
Zoomwheel / pinch / + −

  
Splash / reset stateX / R

  
Pause / single stepSpace / .

  
Simulation / visualizationQ / W

  
Frame / front / right / topF / 1 / 3 / 7

  
Select / release frameCtrl/⌘ + A / Esc

  
Selecting text holds the simulation, not the camera. Numeric fields support direct entry and arrow keys. Shift adjusts in larger steps; Alt adjusts in smaller steps.

 

 
Diagnostics live