Roadshow Spoilers

[robert.magee]

I am posting this for people who absolutely cannot wait until they hear the details.

(besides someone already describes the basics on 3D buzz:

http://www.3dbuzz.co...p...7944&page=2

If you do not want to know then DON'T READ MY NEXT POST

[robert.magee]

On the roadshow, Side Effects Software is talking about three topics in our Houdini 9 sneak peek. Each of these represent one facet of the new version although there may be more that we are not talking about. There are no timelines talked about and we will not be announcing any release dates until later. The goal is to simply give the community some information about the upcoming release since we are very proud of the direction the new version is going.

The three topics covered include:

User Interaction - The new version will sport a new cleaner look and feel with more artist-friendly interface elements. The workflow will be updated to enhance Viewer pane interaction while maintaining Houdini's well known network based workflow. It will be easy to do easy things in Houdini 9 and, of course, the hard stuff continues to be easier than you would have thought possible.

HOM - Houdini Object Model - Our hscript and expression languages will be replaced by the HOM initiative which will use Python for all of these tasks. Now you will be able to use Python directly in Houdini for typical scripting tasks and expression writing. Many tasks will now be easier to script and learning how to script Houdini will be easier for anyone with a foundation in Python.

Fluid Solver - Houdini 9 is going to have a robust fluid solver which will tackle both liquids, gas and even sand. You will be able to set up your fluids to interact with other solvers such as the RBD solver in DOPS or drive particles with fluid-style motion.

People who saw the demos in London can certainly talk about what they saw but please note that we may show different movies or more recent examples in future versions of the roadshow.

I hope this alleviates some of the pain for people who can't wait until their local roadshow stop. For others who can't get to a roadshow town, we will post some of the cool visuals after the roadshow is finished when we have had time to compile the best examples from all the shows.

[michael]

Thanks Robert!

[Marc]

Awesome update, thanks. I'm really excited to see the demos.

M

[sanostol]

oh my god, these are great news. python as scripting language. whoever had the idea I owe him a lot of beer

and fluids, really good news


still can't stand the waiting, but thanks for the infos

martin

[sum][one]

again .. my congrats to c.o.r.e. guys... (and SideFx and CFC as well of course)... their demo really made my evening.... (well.. the beer as well )

cheers!

[icaro]

Missed Siggraph his year, so I had high expectations and they where satisfied, this was realy inspiring.


Good to know about phyton, and I now know what script language to focus on.
I see that fluid will come in really handy in project next year with air dynamics.

thanks for a good meeting.

[kumpa]

i am motif fetishist, i would just like to say:PLEASE dont take ugly icons out of my life...

[Jason]

kumpa, on Sep 27 2006, 03:59 PM, said:

i am motif fetishist, i would just like to say:PLEASE dont take ugly icons out of my life...

Haha! I wouldn't be revealing that!

Well done SESI on your fast moving development! Can't wait to use it in production!

[TheUsualAlex]

Sweet Python!!! Yay!!!

[hoknamahn]

Where was e.d.w.a.r.d. when they has decided to embed Python?
Ruby... crying... :'(

LOL

[SYmek]

Thanks robert.magee for this short introduction to H9. It will definitely make a situation more healthy..