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@Librarian Great result! I'd loved to know how you use the rules and where it is plugged to Thanks

As a houdini user I had a little chuckle over this :D:D:D:D

vector p = point(0,"P",0); // pivot position vector u = set(0,1,0); vector n = normalize(v@v); vector o = cross(u,n); matrix3 m3 = set(o.x, o.y, o.z, u.x, u.y, u.z, n.x, n.y, n.z); //3D Rotation Matrix matrix m4 = set(o.x, o.y, o.z, 0, u.x, u.y, u.z, 0, n.x, n.y, n.z, 0, p.x, p.y, p.z, 1); //3D Transformation matrix If you dont have any vectors then you can build it using 3 points reference. Let me know if you need help for this too

@Feather Thanks for your reply. it is not a smart bundle.

Hi All, Is there any way I can access bundle panel to find out what node is selected in the highlighted bundle? Using python, I assume? Thanks in advance for any directions F

For your case, this works (run on point wrangler): int pts[] = neighbours(0,@ptnum); if(len(pts)!=2) return; vector n1 = normalize(point(0,"P",pts[0])-@P); vector n2 = normalize(point(0,"P",pts[1])-@P); @group_corners = dot(n1,n2)>-0.1;

correct You always need an object of some sort to start a sim, and it can start with an empty object. The most obvious use of source node is when you want to continuously emit/introduce new items throughout the sim. Think of money gun machine, or paper firework, or noodle factory type of setup/simulation. You start with something, and you keep introducing more and more money/paper/noodle during simulations.

To get HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR to work, in my experience, is to set it before houdini is executed. So for example, on windows, you need to setup a bat file that set this and then run houdini.exe

The way dop was designed, you need an object of simulation type (pop, flip, smoke, vellum). Each have an initial state you can decide how the object state is when the simulation started. For most simple simulation that doesnt require additional sourcing whilst the sim running, its fine. most of the examples have a source node that set the object state only at the beginning of the sim ($ST==1). I believe it is nice for someone new to understand the logic. Source node also have a complete(ish) settings to help determine how a new items sourced should behave (life, vel, timing intervals, etc)

Goto Edit Parameter Interface of the switch node and : Create an Int spare parm on the switch node (call it trigger, for example) and connect it's value to the switch input parm (ch("input") expression) Fill the callback script (python) on this new parameter with: colorList = [[1,0,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]]; kwargs["node"].setColor(hou.Color(colorList[min(len(colorList)-1,int(kwargs['script_value']))])) Bam!

for (int point_num : findattribval(0, "point", "class", i@class)) { if (inpointgroup(0, "part",point_num)) { @group_part = 1; continue; } } Class is the connectivity point attribute you have earlier from connectivity SOP and "part is the portion group name you initiate and capture "partial" model

What about utilizing $F to achieve this? fit($F,100,200, 1,999) floor(($F-startFrame)/3) will increase a value by 1 every 3 frames. floor(($F-startFrame)/10)*2 will double a value by every 10 frames. I do this a lot with fake pop simulation. A lot you can do with animating $F variable without simulation

What do you mean by this? You mean global like $F, $T? Because you can create a custom one and also accessible in wrangler

Hi guys, Is there any way to access point attributes in crowd setup to tweak the ragdoll behaviour? popforce seems to break the whole thing and each agent is processed as a single point but somehow still able to run bullet sim in ragdoll state but with limited capability. Thank you C

Hi, I have been using scriptMenuStripDynamic extensively and I am wondering if any of you tried to a dynamic submenu in xml before? I can't seem to do it Thanks F