ML Groom Deformer
Film/TV

This project demonstrates how to use the new ML SOP/TOP nodes to build data generation and training pipelines inside of Houdini without having to write any code.

The main idea is to predict how a groom should deform around a character mesh based on the rig positions. The setup includes all the ML related aspects as well as a CFX setup to generate sufficient data samples to train a neural network. The setup extends the ML Deformer H20.5, which you can also find on the content library.

For an in depth walk through refer to the text tutorial or the Hive Horizon presentation linked below.

Text Tutorial: https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/ml-groom-deformer/

Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDTResIxPeQ

ML Deformer 20.5: https://www.sidefx.com/contentlibrary/ml-deformer-h205/