Edit: Maya 2011 now supports this out of the box. Go nab it.

So after a days worth of research I now have the information needed to emit fluid from particles in Maya. A whole new world of possibilities has been opened!

First off grab this file - though I only know it works FOR SURE in Maya 2010 x64 on Windows 7. Anything other than that and you’re on your own to compile it!

Place that file in Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2010/bin/plug-ins/

Open Maya, load up the plugin through the plugin manager, then type

createNode simpleFluidEmitter

This will create your simpleFluidEmitter in your scene. It looks like any other emitter. Now, create your particle emitter like you would any other time. If you started from a clean scene, you should have a simpleFluidEmitter called fluidEmitter1 and a particle called particle1. You need to attach these two by using the code

addDynamic fluidEmitter1 particle1

Now every particle you emit from your particle emitter will have a nifty fluid emitter attached to it. Now you need to make sure that your fluid emitter has something to create fluid in. So go create a 3d Fluid Container and then open up your Dynamic Relationship Editor and connect fluidEmitter1 to your new fluid container (just like you would any other fluid sim) and voila! You are now using particles to generate fluid! Go on! Reap the rewards of my toil and failure! Create wonderful simulations!

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