How to make a fluid simulation start from the middle of an animation and make the domain not visible until that point? Using blender 2.9, I am trying to simulate water filling a vessel. I watched to some videos, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKDUPEZc1g&amp;t=321s. Note that in this video, the animation has 100 frames, the flow beginning in the very first frame and lasting up to frame #51.
However, I am trying an animation with 200 frames with the flow beginning only at frame #75 and lasting up to frame #125.
The problem is when I set Physics Properties - Cache - Frame start: 75 and Physics Properties - Cache - End: 125.
When I play the animation from frame #1, the vessel is blocked by the solid cube domain, which disappears when the flow starts.
My question is: How to make water start pouring in the middle of the animation?
Thank you!
** EDIT: .blend file added. **
in the domain, change the frames from 0 to 250 (or however your flow simulation lasts)
do not keyframe inflow type (delete those keyframes)
do keyframe use flow (74 - off, 75 - on)


4) free bake and bake all
-&gt; works
visibility:
the domain itself normally is not visible, but the effector might be visible.
you can keyframe the visibility of objects here: