is there a particle create tool in houdini

[newbee]

first of all.. let me mention that i am quite new to houdini

what i want to know is if there is a particle create tool in houdini

using which i can click and create multiple points

or sketch multiple points in scene

which i can then use to instance some objects on to

Edited July 6, 2013 by newbee

[Ankit Sinha]

few video tutorial that might help you

1) http://www.sidefx.co...2202&Itemid=132

2)

http://vimeo.com/17309337

Edited July 6, 2013 by Ankit Sinha

[newbee]

thanx

i will look through these

Edited July 6, 2013 by newbee

[Ankit Sinha]

try clicking on view on vimeo link under it or just open vimeo.com and append /17309337 to it.

u can also search it on google by typing "peter quint particle leaves on vimeo"

Edited July 6, 2013 by Ankit Sinha

[newbee]

thanx got that already

i glanced through the videos, but couldnt find what i was looking for

i dont want to generate points randomly on surface

rather i wanted to "mouse click" to create points at desired locations

there is a create emitter tool in shelf which lets me "mouse click" to create emitters

but doesnt allow to create single particles at desired locations

there is also the add sop

but add sop only allows you to add one point at a specified location

Edited July 6, 2013 by newbee

[pbarua]

Here is the links to the videos by Houdini Guru Jeff Wagner.

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2280&Itemid=363

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2281&Itemid=363

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2279&Itemid=363

[Erik_JE]

thanx got that already

i glanced through the videos, but couldnt find what i was looking for

i dont want to generate points randomly on surface

rather i wanted to "mouse click" to create points at desired locations

there is a create emitter tool in shelf which lets me "mouse click" to create emitters

but doesnt allow to create single particles at desired locations

there is also the add sop

but add sop only allows you to add one point at a specified location

You can specify the amount of points you want on the Add SOP.

Then switch to point select mode and you can easily select them and move them around.

Edited July 6, 2013 by Erik_JE

[newbee]

hey erik,

moving multiple points around after creating them with add sop sounds like a lot of work

would have been easier to just click and define where u want them to be positioned, especially since i want multiple points

thanks Pradeep,

as u said, i think i will stick to painting particles, as that seems to be the best thing to do

Edited July 6, 2013 by newbee

[anim]

just use Curve tool to manually place a lot of points interactively

then you can append Add SOP to delete geometry but keep the points or maybe you don't have to depends on how you want to use them

[newbee]

brilliant Grand Master !