I am working from this tutorial, which shows how to make a fire/smoke emitter:
I can see fire/smoke in the preview window, but not in the view window. Am I missing something simple?
Preview window:
View window:
It turns out that I needed to set the fountain emitter to use Local Space in the emitter properties.
Here are the steps to create fire/smoke from scratch:
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Edit > Plugins > NiagaraFluids (BETA)
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Restart editor
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Right-click in Content Browser, select Create Basic Asset > Niagara System
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Select Create Empty System
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Click Finish
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Double-click on the NewNiagaraSystem that was created, in order to open it up in preview mode
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In the System Overview, right-click and select Add Emitter
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Choose Fountain from the templates
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In the System Overview, right-click and select Add Emitter
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Select Parent Emitters, uncheck Library Only
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Choose Grid 3D Gas > Grid 3D Gas CONTROLS Emitter
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Click on Emitter Summary for Grid3D_Gas_CONTROLS_Emitter
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Change Grid > Resolution Max Axis to 100
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Under Fountain > Particle Update, add Set Fluid Source Attributes
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Click on Fountain Properties
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Change Emitter > Sim Target to GPUCompute Sim
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Change Emitter > Calculate Bounds Mode to Fixed
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Change Emitter > Local Space to Enabled
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Click on Grid3D_Gas_CONTROLS_Emitter Emitter Summary
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Change Particle Source > Particle Read > Emitter Name to Fountain
NO templates. 
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