Houdini Main Changelogs

19.5.3

Added new option for all snapping modes to control whether we snap to the current geometry, defaulting to on. Cannot be enabled for grid snapping.

Thu. September 9, 2021
19.5.2

Fixed highlighting of points prims in LOPs when selected.

Wed. September 8, 2021
19.5.2

Some UI changes to make Launcher GUI less confusing. Modified Engine Plug-Ins Install Options dialog to better imply that "For Houdini" combo box is for only Maya plug-in installation. Also removed "Packages" tab on Preferences dialog, which isn't needed for now.

Wed. September 8, 2021
19.5.2

In Curve-2.0 SOP, changed the draw modes to make points smooth when initially placed, added the ability to end curves with MMB, and changed the behavior when snapping closed in auto-draw mode to also adjust the first tangent of the curve to create a smoother result.

Wed. September 8, 2021
19.5.1

Fixed MaterialX dielectric_bsdf node under transmission mode ignoring tint and using incorrect IOR on backface hits.

Tue. September 7, 2021
19.5.1

Added the ROP Karma Render TOP, which is a standard ROP wrapper made using a Karma ROP and ROP Fetch TOP.

Tue. September 7, 2021
19.5.1

The time stamp for log messages written to a work item's internal log buffer now include milliseconds.

Tue. September 7, 2021
19.5.1

The Volume Rasterize Lattice SOP now produces less noisy results in some situations.

Tue. September 7, 2021
19.5.1

Lit Spheres particle mode now renders as points in wireframe.

Tue. September 7, 2021