General Houdini Questions

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1. Edge Displacement on fractured pieces 1 2 3 4 10

   By Tato, February 9, 2014
   • 181 replies
   • 137.3k views
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   • art3mis
   • August 15, 2017

2. VDB Volume Fracturing Workflow

   By jujoje, July 22, 2013   

   • open VDB
   • fracturing
   • 5 replies
   • 53.7k views
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   • jujoje
   • July 22, 2013

3. Learning VOPSOP 1 2 3 4 8

   By thesoloman, August 29, 2014
   • 142 replies
   • 53.4k views
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   • Spaz8
   • May 1, 2016

4. krakatoa shader 1 2 3

   By borisb2, October 18, 2009
   • 43 replies
   • 36k views
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   • pelos
   • April 6, 2010

5. HQueue ... how to? 1 2

   By Macha, October 19, 2010
   • 30 replies
   • 29.7k views
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   • Byter3
   • May 18, 2017

6. Challenge : Rubix Cube 1 2 3

   By michael, April 19, 2005
   • 43 replies
   • 29.6k views
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   • rd1010
   • September 4, 2009

7. Houdini Fatal error: Segmentation Fault

   By JPH, August 5, 2011
   • 12 replies
   • 29.4k views
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   • kobataro
   • October 2, 2020

8. Select Outside Edges Only

   By deadpixel, June 26, 2017   

   • procedural
   • edges
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • procedural
     • edges
     • select
     • group
   • 19 replies
   • 26.4k views
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   • vinyvince
   • July 30, 2020

9. Group according to attribute value

   By Daskerdaks, May 31, 2016
   • 7 replies
   • 25.5k views
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   • philpappas
   • June 2, 2019

10. How to create a point at the center of every primitive on a Grid SOP? 1 2

    By magneto, January 8, 2012
    • 30 replies
    • 25.4k views
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    • jwoelper
    • August 21, 2017

11. Configuring $HIP and a project directory. 1 2

    By hopbin9, September 4, 2010
    • 27 replies
    • 24.9k views
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    • Rival Consoles
    • April 24, 2018

12. Houdini won't alembic particles to Maya 1 2 3

    By Enemmy, September 6, 2013   

    • Houdini
    • Maya
    • (and 8 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Houdini
      • Maya
      • Particle
      • Alembic
      • FBX
      • Export
      • Output
      • Problem
      • Houdini to Maya
      • Alembic ROP
    • 41 replies
    • 24.2k views
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    • cgvirus
    • April 18, 2016

13. Upgrade Houdini file from non commercial file to commercial version -- No more Orbolt Asset available? Why?

    By vinyvince, February 27, 2018   

    • upgrade houdini file
    • 10 replies
    • 23k views
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    • kiko
    • July 12, 2020

14. Orient, rot, N + up, v etc: Instance rotation question

    By Ole, February 13, 2014   

    • orient
    • instance
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • orient
      • instance
      • copy
      • rotate
      • normal
      • up
      • vector
    • 7 replies
    • 22.8k views
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    • symek
    • February 17, 2014

15. Turn edges into separate primitives

    By guache, October 7, 2011
    • 9 replies
    • 22k views
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    • Krion
    • June 4, 2019

16. Replace shader's diffuse colour with point's @Cd attribute in Octane

    By mattjakob, May 3, 2017   

    • octane
    • shader
    • 2 replies
    • 21.7k views
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    • mattjakob
    • May 3, 2017

17. How to create a spiral curve in SOP?

    By hopbin9, February 18, 2011
    • 9 replies
    • 21.7k views
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    • Mohanpugaz
    • November 15, 2018

18. Particle flow on surface?

    By breeder, March 9, 2011
    • 16 replies
    • 20.3k views
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    • breeder
    • March 12, 2011

19. Curly Abstract Geometry

    By caskal, August 29, 2016   

    • curl
    • abstract
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • curl
      • abstract
      • geometry
    • 17 replies
    • 19.9k views
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    • Jks27
    • August 29, 2017

20. Is there a way to select n points/prims randomly based on number/perce

    By magneto, February 25, 2012
    • 11 replies
    • 19.9k views
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    • demoan666
    • April 18, 2017

21. optimize copies - stamping or not - [SOLVED] 1 2 3

    By 6ril, May 12, 2016   

    • slow
    • copy
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • slow
      • copy
      • stamp
      • copysop
      • stamping
    • 42 replies
    • 19.7k views
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    • m_merenda
    • March 5, 2022

22. Carving Multiple Curves By attribute (HIP file attached)

    By Vivi, March 3, 2014   

    • houdini carve hairs
    • 10 replies
    • 19.2k views
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    • kgmcnamara
    • July 21, 2017

23. Random Rotation expression for each primitive

    By blur959, July 27, 2011
    • 8 replies
    • 19.2k views
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    • 3dbeing
    • August 3, 2011

24. [FBX] export from Maya import to Houdini

    By cloudfx, July 30, 2008
    • 15 replies
    • 18.3k views
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    • mergen
    • November 3, 2011

25. Is there a way to add thickness to a geometry in Houdini?

    By magneto, November 16, 2011
    • 13 replies
    • 18.3k views
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    • SirClarks
    • December 29, 2020