- [Instructor] So our simulation is all done and set up…here and we flip booked it, we looked at it,…we're happy with the results,…and an important final step of the process is…bringing all of the high res geometry together…in one new geometry node,…and exporting that as an Alembic file.…Often we want to do that just to cache our results…along the way in Houdini as we keep building our scene.…And sometimes we want to take that Alembic file…and use it in a different piece of software.…I just want to make a new geometry node.…I'm going to call this output…and I'll color it a darker yellow.…
Now if we go into the shell node for a second here…you can see that I've put these underscore out null nodes…on the end of our chains where we want to grab our…geometry from in all of our different pieces.…This is just a standard thing I do so I always know…where to grab from, from an object merge node or…somewhere else.…That it's always a consistent nomenclature and a consistent…end point of my network.…So let's get out of there.…
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1/23/2017- Destroying objects with Houdini rigid body dynamics
- Creating a soft object simulation with Houdini Wire and Finite Element simulations
- Creating a Houdini digital asset (HDA) destruction system for use in Maya and 4D
- Using an HDA destruction system in Maya
- Using an HDA destruction system in CINEMA 4D
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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Exercise files38s
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1. Fundamentals
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Overview of constraints2m 32s
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2. Rigid Body Dynamics
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Process overview56s
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Source assets1m 49s
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Add base into simulation3m 18s
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Add frame into simulation4m 56s
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Add crates to simulation6m 39s
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Add cans to simulation5m 2s
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3. Soft Body Dynamics
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Process overview44s
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Create FEM simulation3m 53s
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Create a point deform system7m 16s
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Run and cache FEM simulation2m 27s
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Create tentacle geo7m 3s
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Create tentacle sim4m 36s
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Create wires from arm geo5m 27s
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Add arm wires to wire sim3m 15s
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Combine and export wire sim3m 36s
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4. Building an HDA
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Scene overview2m 10s
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Export HDA2m 42s
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Open HDA in Maya5m 43s
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Open HDA in C4D6m 4s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 12s
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