Isleofgough Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) I am trying to recreate C4D primitives in Houdini to use as digital assets. Some things (grid, box, sphere, torus, circle, tube, landscape, platonic) are already there, but several are not. I think I can figure out how to create a capsule and oil tank. I have figured out how to create cones and disc (see attachment) but not helix, n-side, or cogwheel. Has anyone created these assets? disc.hiplc cone.hiplc cone.hiplc Edited December 13, 2017 by Isleofgough fixed cone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 https://www.orbolt.com/asset/vun::vu_capsule pretty sure I put it there for free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isleofgough Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thank you very much, Noobini. Now to create an oil tank, helix, n-side curve, and cogwheel. The n-sided curve is probably just a polygon circle, so that is easly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) done helix here: SESI has whacked it into 16.5 !!! (so you don't have to do anything, just drag out a point SOP, use preset Line Y to Helix, create param sliders....how easy is that ? Edited December 11, 2017 by Noobini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isleofgough Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) Thanks. I don't really understand the new point SOP or VEX, but I'm not getting a helix with one click (see attached). I tried to roughly recreate your capsule, since the digital asset is locked. It is not as good as yours, but close. I wish I could see the details on the nodes you used. CapsuleMine.hiplc HelixHoudini16_5.hiplc Edited December 11, 2017 by Isleofgough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 just rclick, Allow Editing Content...then it's unlocked For the helix, as the name suggest, Create a line in Y direction (it's default anyway), make sure to give it many points like 100, coz by default it's got 2...you can't see jack with just 2 points.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isleofgough Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thanks! I didn't know you could edit/see content with a right click, but looking at your capsule, it will be VERY helpful. The helix didn't work with 50 points, but I'm sure it is user error (see above). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) so after you picked preset Helix, click the slider icon next to tthe dropdown list, it creates param sliders for you. then you still won't see anything coz all the params are 0....just dial them up.... by default, the Width has the 1st point at 0, meaning the helix has radius = 0 at the bottom...you may want this or drag the ramp point up to 1 so the graph is level, then you have an even helix Edited December 12, 2017 by Noobini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isleofgough Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 That is perfect! I didn't see the dropdown icon before, but it will do just what I had hoped for. Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 if you want to explore the code, put cursor in the VEXpression field, press Alt+E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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