Deborah R. Fowler
Houdini Tips and Tricks:
Posted 2013
Updated on Jan 16 2022
See my Houdini overview for more
explanations.
Files created by Deborah R. Fowler unless
otherwise noted. Each
general topic contains a page of sample hipnc files in
alphabetical order.
- modeling/procedural modeling/procedural animation
- complex scenes/layout
- lighting and rendering
- student/alumni
- misc
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Current odd behavior: Making your window a floating pane on the dual monitors can sometimes cause difficulties, ie. error of copying nodes, or network nodes forcing you to enter them in the scene view - simply close the floating pane and try it in the regular network view.
Click here for interface tips. For example, hover over a function name and press F1 for documentation or use ?
Click here for command line tips. Learn how to do command line rendering - follow the link for rendering and caching command line
Click here for hscript common symbols. (also useful * is wild card and ^ is not, so * ^P in an attribute delete node would delete all but P)