Houdini MOC

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TOC

• General sink
• Configuration
• Attributes
• Rigging
  • KineFX
  • APEX
• Karma
• Simulations
  • RBD
  • Vellum
  • Pyro
• TOPs
• LOPs
• Grooming
• Coding
  • HScript
  • Textport
  • VEX
  • Python
• Tools
  • General
  • Camera tools
  • AI tools
• Export
  • Rename data for C4D export
• Memex test

General sink

• Houdini Sink

Configuration

• Houdini configuration
• Houdini hotkeys

Attributes

• Houdini attributes

Rigging

KineFX

• KineFX Sink

APEX

• APEX Sink

Karma

• Karma renderer
• Karma Sink

Simulations

• The best resource for FX stuff taught by Stephen Knipping who is the head of destruction fx at ILM. really good at explaining stuff. paid tutorials but the first episodes in each of his series are free.
• Jason Harmon aka WhatIFound does great intermediate to advanced liquid/fluid tutorials

RBD

Vellum

Vellum Cloth | Jeff Lait | H17 Masterclass lots of cool tips
To fix intersected collisions create disableexternal point int attribute with value of 2

Pyro

TOPs

• HoudiniTops
• Houdini native Flipbook rendering as workitems via TOP network

LOPs

• Solaris Sink
• SESI-Snacks V2 | 09 Solaris
• HoudiniLops by CGWiki
• USD guide by CGWiki
• LopsLightingQuickstart

Grooming

• Speed Grooming in Houdini 19 from a Guy That Doesn't Groom
• Geometry to hair

Coding

HScript

// animated texture frame numbering
path/to/texture/image_name_`padzero(5, clamp($F, 0, 120))`.exr
path/to/texture/image_name_`padzero(5, clamp($F+25, 0, 120))`.exr

// camera focus distance
vlength(vtorigin(".", "/obj/null1"))
vlength(vtorigin(".", opinputpath(".", 0)))

Textport

//Show largest node in memory
sopcache -v -L

// Show disk usage
cpio -ivt < YOURFILENAME.hip

VEX

• Houdini VEX Sink
• The Joy Of VEX
• Pragmatic VEX
  Pragmatic VEX series is aimed to increase the technical capacity of the artists and TDs which will allow them to tackle more complex production shots with complete control and ease by acquiring a deeper technical understanding of how things work in Houdini at the lowest level with a strong applied focus on high-end feature film visual effects production.

Python

• https://www.houpywiki.com/
• Python snippets

# David Torno "Toggle Update mode Auto/Manual"  
# Make a Shelf Tool and assign it a Hotkey, and place this code in the "Script" Tab...
  
import hou  
mode = hou.updateModeSetting().name()  
if(mode == "AutoUpdate"):  
    hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.Manual)  
if(mode == "Manual"):  
    hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.AutoUpdate)

# David Torno "Toggle camera lock/unlock"  
# Make a Shelf Tool and assign it a Hotkey, and place this code in the "Script" Tab...  
  
pane = hou.ui.paneTabOfType(hou.paneTabType.SceneViewer)  
view = pane.curViewport()  
view.lockCameraToView(not view.isCameraLockedToView())

Tools

General

• OD Tools Sink
• MOPs MOPs GitHub
• Houdini Flipbook render out using FFMpeg
• Houdini Snip
• Scientific Plugins and Toolsets for Houdini
• AELib
• AL-TOOLS / Ultimate Terrain Workflow Video
• HPaint
• Infection Solver
• Export camera, objects and points from Houdini to After Effects HDALC
• Houdini_2_AE orbolt

Camera tools

• Houdini Camera Target HDA
• Camera Shakify

AI tools

• MLOPS
• Stable Houdini

Export

Rename data for C4D export

Memex test