Houdini Resources

Updated on June 26  2024



Deborah R. Fowler



SideFX Labs

Posted Jan 6  2022
Updated July 10  2022

SideFX Labs

https://www.sidefx.com/products/sidefx-labs/

SideFX Labs is a repository of cool digital assets (hdas) that are in development. This allows you access to new nodes that may be beneficial (mainly game-centric and photogrammetry).
NOTE: If you use these nodes and want to use the renderfarm you must cache your geo



An example would be the labs edge group to curve node as seen in this labsGrabACurve.hiplc (H19)
I made this sample file based on the description at https://www.christiancorsica.com/post/week-20-how-to-create-a-curve-from-a-cross-section-of-a-mesh-in-maya-and-houdini?lang=en (Christian is a SCAD alum)

If you dive inside you will see it is using poly path. These nodes "repackage functionality" or add new functionality.

Besides extracting a curve from geometry as described above there are many useful labs nodes