Houdini 16.5 Nodes
Houdini no longer has SHOP networks. Materials are now built from pure VOPs.
Channel nodes
Channel nodes create, filter, and manipulate channel data.
Compositing nodes
Composite nodes create, filter, and manipulate image data.
Dynamics nodes
Dynamics nodes set up the conditions and rules for dynamics simulations.
Object nodes
Object nodes represent objects in the scene, such as character parts, geometry objects, lights, cameras, and so on.
Render nodes
Render nodes either render the scene or set up render dependency networks.
Geometry nodes
Geometry nodes live inside Geo objects and generate geometry.
VEX networks
Containers for VOP networks.
VOP nodes