Ultron 1 Posted March 10 I imported CAD Data via stp and Unreals Datasmith (great workflow). Now I have the Files in Houdini and they came in fine but much more geometry than I need. Besides Poly reduction I want to do 2 Things to reduce the Polycount: 1. There are a lot of Drillings in Steel plates which can´t be seen in Rendering - is there a way to procedural close them 2. There are Tubes with width. Is it possible to procedural delete the geometry inside a Tube Would be nice if you could give me a hand on this to topics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konstantin magnus 1,175 Posted March 10 Hi Tobias, would you be allowed to upload an example of the imported data? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultron 1 Posted March 10 (edited) Shure here are some Pictures There are a lot of Tubes and Plates with holes like this. I now addes a fbx File as well (under the Window). Houdini is mighty this must be solvable procedurally! Sample.fbx Edited March 10 by Ultron added an FBX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konstantin magnus 1,175 Posted March 10 The triangulate2D node can redraw the outline of the plate. And match-size is good for replacing parts. simplify.hipnc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultron 1 Posted March 11 Wow completly different approach than I would have thought - Really Effective and I learned a lot. Thanks you! But what if the Tube isnt Straight but bended or even more complex Shaped- is there a way to delete Faces with normals facing to the inside of the Object? I uploaded a sample file Sampe_Tube.fbx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konstantin magnus 1,175 Posted March 11 The connectivity node can split meshes based upon UV seams which should make removing inside surfaces easier. remove_inside.hipnc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultron 1 Posted March 12 Crazy and so simple - I never would have thought in this direction - Thanks a lot! For me this topic could be closed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keshaw singh 2 Posted May 23 save alot of time thanks man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
