Procedural Flowmap

"Revitalize static texture and mesh with the magic of Flowmap"

Features (New v3.1):

• Effortlessly generate procedural flowmaps for any texture—image-based or procedural.
• New: Flowmesh creates dynamic, flowing mesh surfaces.
• Precisely control flow direction using curve-based manipulation.
• New: Easily add turbulence to the speed or assign custom speed per curve.
• Experience real-time, fully procedural flowmap generation with rich, artist-friendly controls.
• Seamlessly export flowmaps for use in external software or game engines.
• Enable interaction and collisions with external objects for realistic effects.
• New: Support for multiple mask types for control and to blend materials with precision.

Free updates forever

• Flowmap v3.1 (New)

Use

You can use this as an asset by assigning the Flowmap folder as an Asset Library in the Blender Preferences.

Documentation

Please check the detailed Documentation PDF inside the zip file.

A video demo is also available on my YouTube channel: 3D Singh VFX

Flowmap v2.0 Demo:

Demo, Settings, How to Append or Use as an Asset:

How to export Flowmap as an image:

About

This is a Flowmap modifier made with geometry nodes for Blender 3.6-4.5.

License

You can use this tool in any of your projects (non-commercial or commercial).

You may not redistribute the geometry node group itself, for free or commercially.

Happy Noding... :)

Kuldeep Singh (3D Singh VFX)

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Updates

15/06/2025:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.1 of geometry nodes.

1. Added Icons and detailed Documentation.
2. Added Fast Method option, really useful while using collision option.
3. Added a new Flowmesh feature that flows turbulence on mesh surface.
4. Added option to define speed per curve.
5. Added Mask panel that contains all mask settings.
6. Added Attribute Mask to define flowmap and flowmesh region.
7. Added Geometry panel that contains displacement settings and material.
8. Added Level Mask to define level region.
9. Added custom "flowmap_factor" and "flowmesh_factor" attributes to influence the flow speed.
10. Cleanup the material, now easy to mix with custom material.

21/03/2025:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.0 for Blender 4.4.

29/07/2024:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.0 for Blender 4.2.

21/03/2024:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.0 for Blender 4.1.

24/11/2023:

Released of Procedural Flowmap v3.0:

• Added a new method for 3D Mesh that makes the Flowmap faster x1.85.
• Flowmap is more accurate with the new method.
• Removed the XY-XYZ option, now it will be handled automatically.
• Added Flowmap Info node to the material.

31/08/2023:

Released of Procedural Flowmap v2.0:

• Added interaction and collision with external objects.
• Multiple types of masks for mixing materials
• Added trim curve option to animate the flow.
• Added Curve radius based mask width for more control.
• Improved the node-tree, faster and realtime.
  

19/07/2023:

• Fixed the default settings of Flowmap Material. By default, It uses only the "Mask" option.
  

17/07/2023:

• Released the Procedural Flowmap v1.1 that allows exporting the flowmap with "Export Flowmap" option.