Houdini 20.0 Nodes VOP nodes

Karma Nested Dielectrics VOP node

Adds nested dielectrics support to MaterialX surface shaders in Karma.

This node type is deprecated. It is scheduled to be deleted in an upcoming revision of Houdini.

Karma Nested Dielectrics is no longer necessary; use Karma Material Properties instead.

(Since version 20.0.)

Since 19.5

Warning

This workflow has been deprecated for Houdini 20.0 and later.

This node is a way to add Nested Dielectrics support to a MaterialX surface shader. The MaterialX shaders don’t have this ability built-in like the Principled Shader does.

Example setup, inside of a Karma Material Builder.

Tips

  • Adding nested dielectrics is done by inserting this node between a surface shader and the material output.

  • You will likely want the IOR on your Surface Shader and this node to match. One way to do this is using a Parameter VOP to drive both inputs.

  • See Nested Dielectrics for more info.

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