Houdini - Direct Modeling HDA

AlexeyVanzhula

Procedural and direct modeling for Houdini 16.0 and 16.5

pior

While this toolset looks interesting, it would be much, *much* better to present everything in a simple web page showing what each HDA/node does in full detail, with text and pictures.

Having to painfully sit through videos with random music is not acceptable for a commercial tool of this price. Narrated videos would be better, but still : a proper text documentation is the absolute best, and pretty much a requirement.

As a matter of fact I'd go as far as saying that the current presentation (unedited Vimeos with random music) hurts the toolset a lot, as it makes it look very amateurish and somehow suggests that customer support will probably be non-existent. This is of course just an impression, but impressions matter a whole lot. Even this thread doesn't even have any introduction text to explain what the tools do.

Now of course the toolset itself looks quite powerful. So, good luck !

Aabel

pior said:

As a matter of fact I'd go as far as saying that the current presentation (unedited Vimeos with random music) hurts the toolset a lot, as it makes it look very amateurish and somehow suggests that customer support will probably be non-existent. This is of course just an impression, but impressions matter a whole lot. Even this thread doesn't even have any introduction text to explain what the tools do.

Correction, the upgrades are being honored!

AlexeyVanzhula

Flow Loop in upcoming DM 1.0.1
https://vimeo.com/248920809

Nuna

Woah this has come along really nicely , the features look really great.

AlexeyVanzhula

AlexeyVanzhula

Flux 1.0 HDA again available via Gumroad:
https://gumroad.com/l/PyWV

AlexeyVanzhula

Some of images created with Flux/DM:

AlexeyVanzhula

Octo

Alexey, did you see this thread?
https://polycount.com/discussion/202550/the-jquadrangulatecloth-tool-thread
Is this something you could reproduce in Houdini?

AlexeyVanzhula

Mehran Khan

* cries in graphite modelling tools *

AlexeyVanzhula

Flux 1.0 (Soft Boolean parent) is now free. Works only with Houdini 16 and 16.5

You can download it to get basic understanding on how modern SB works. Flux has a little worse topology in comparison with the modern SB and has another options, but it works and it's free. Also Flux has a retopology toolset which can help you a bit.

https://gum.co/PyWV?fbclid=IwAR0MsfxpgVSJrDAeTWZV-JmaIO2vzbVNn0sv1fRgWytjashPzGpvTuRv7VY

AlexeyVanzhula

Procedural HQ "fusion" in Houdini 17.0

MACHIN3

Is your pre-boolean geometry subd or vdb based? Is that a requirement, the very even topology?

Or would it work with simpler, bevel based geometry a well, which would feature more more uneven topology including ngons.

Also, is this built in python(besides the nodes)?

Very new to Houdini, thanks!