Deborah R. Fowler
Houdini Tips and Tricks
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 (password required)
Current odd behavior — Making your window a floating pane on dual monitors can sometimes cause difficulties, e.g. 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.
Quick Reference
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 wildcard and ^ is not — so * ^P in an attribute delete node would delete all attributes except P.