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title: "Phoenix Tools"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/PHX4MAX/124495627/Phoenix%20Tools"
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This section covers custom tools that ship with the Chaos Phoenix installation.

## **Overview**

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Phoenix provides the following custom tools:

- [Cache Converter](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PHX4MAX/pages/124395035) –  converts <span style="color: #1d2129">already existing .aur cache sequences to OpenVDB sequences without simulating.</span>
- [Standalone Previewer](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PHX4MAX/pages/125279186) – <span style="color: #222222"> previews AUR, VDB and Field3D cache files without loading them into a DCC application such as 3ds Max or Maya. Can be used to save a sequence of images for the preview of an entire cached simulation. </span>
- <span style="color: #222222">[Standalone Previewer CLI](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PHX4MAX/pages/125084030)</span><span style="color: #222222"> – command line interface for the Phoenix Standalone Previewer. Previews by saving images without a graphics window or graphical user interface. </span>
- <span style="color: #222222">[Standalone Simulator](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PHX4MAX/pages/125052610)</span><span style="color: #222222"> – command line tool for simulating Phoenix simscene files. </span>
- <span style="color: #222222">[Simscene Node Viewer](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PHX4MAX/pages/124760353)</span><span style="color: #222222"> – allows you to preview and debug Phoenix simscene files.</span>