real flow BIN particle export

[octaviuz]

Hello!

another super newbie question, be kind...

i am going tru a lot of tutorials on Houdini as i want it to use together with Real flow and i know there is something really basic i am doing worng.

i have imported geometry with a scatter and want to export the particles /points to a RF BIN file..but the Rf exporter is not happy...

what is the correct setup for this? do ineed to make a group of the particles or use the points and convert to particles first...??

thanks in advance and sorry for the lame questions

O/.

[Whatsinaname]

Hi Octavio, nice to see you here!

I'm just working with particle import from RF, but for the export....have you tried using a ROP Alembic Output to get the particles into RF? This might not work with Apprentice, though.

(Besides, regarding import: There is a bug in the Realflow plugin for 13.198...it sets the import type always back to Proxy particles and forgets what you originally imported, at least when loading a new scene.)

[Annon]

I haven't used the Realflow Houdini plugin in a long time, but for good reason! It was (sounds like still is?) the buggiest and most frustrating exporter in the world!

Any reason why you're not trying to do the sim in Houdini flip?

[octaviuz]

hey Florian!

yes am slowly, very slowly trying to learn Houdini to add to my fluid sims tool set.

Can you use alembic particles in RF now?

I got the exporter working, very fussy, but works! just had to delete it a couple of times and jiggle it a bit..go figure.

Christian, it is a bit buggy yes! I tend to do a lot of SPH simulations, and i am not too familiar with flip in houdini, yet!