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# 4. Fluid Component

## Setting up the Fluid Implementation Actor Component for Skeletal Meshes

Within the overview map or a scene of your own, duplicate out one of the tutorial Skeletal Meshes or place one of your own.

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Next select the new Skeletal Mesh Actor. Within the *Details Panel*, press the **Add Component** button and select the **BP\_FluidImplementation** from the list.

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We will also want some motion to see the fluid simulation work. Click on the Skeletal Mesh and set **Simulate Physics** from the *Details Panel*.

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Now select the newly added **BP\_FluidInteraction** component.

We want to go to the **Per Bone Trace** category and make sure **Use Per Bone Trace** is enabled.

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Secondly lets look at the **Fluid Mesh Tag** and set this to whichever name you want for the mesh.

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Next add the same **Fluid Mesh Tag** to your mesh's Component Tags.

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Make sure to set the Component Tag on your water plane mesh to the correct tag listed on the component.

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We can now press the play or simulate button and watch the skeletal mesh fall into the water and cause ripples.

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