Juzwa Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hi, Houdini is very uncomfortable for me to work with seletions in the viewport and I dont know the shortcuts for selections or where to find them. Im trying to create from the shelf Attach to Body (cloth to object). So I select my cloth object, and then Im supposed to select points I want to attach. Since point by point is a lot of manual selection I just want to select a loop. But when I manually change selection to edges (pressed 3), then I cannot select any edges and I think I exit the tool "Attach to Body". So how can I loop select edges in this weird mode for "Attach to Body"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimovfx Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Have you tried first selecting the points, then use the shelf tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juzwa Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 unfortunately it doesnt work that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juzwa Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 I also tried grouping the points I want to use for constraints first. And than in clothattachconstraint node in 'Constrained Points' use this group. But this does not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Did you try using the A-KEY method for selecting instead of going back to a shelf tool? Select a single point, then hold down the A-KEY and move your mouse along the edge. Houdini will auto select points and other components for you. When you reach the end of the edge just click to lock it in. Check out these video on selection, they helped my a lot. https://vimeo.com/goprocedural/videos/search:selection/sort:date As far as the group problem you may want to try checking the Create Ordered box on the group node then try your group again on the constraint node. I put together a video on making simple clothes for character in Houdini using cloth. I ran into some of the issues you are mentioning in your post and have some work arounds. The A-KEY is demonstrated around 23:00 minutes into the video. Edited September 17, 2016 by Atom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juzwa Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Thank you Atom! Create Ordered helped! As for the A-key selection. It does not work while in the mode of selecting points for constraint Well its easier creating my own groups, than selecting everything in the viewport. Again, the shelf tools has failed for me Edited September 17, 2016 by Juzwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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