Houdini 20.0 Shelf tools

Uniform Force shelf tool

Applies a uniform force and torque to objects.

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Overview

This tool can be used, for example, to simulate a car driving. You can apply uniform force and torque to its wheels to make it move.

Using Uniform Force

  1. Select the dynamic object to apply uniform force to.

  2. Click the Uniform Force tool on the Drive Simulation tab.

Note

Uniform force is simply a predefined force node whose force and direction can be altered in the parameter editor.

For specific parameter node help see the Uniform Force help.

See also

Shelf tools

Using the shelf

  • Customize the shelf

    How to change the look of the shelf, change and rearrange its contents, and create your own shelf tools.

Technical