Houdini 18.5 Shelf tools Guide Brushes tab

Clump Hair shelf tool

Lets you interactively pull hair into a clump.

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Using Clump Hair
Tips

Use this tool allows you to interactively pull hair into a clump. The area you first click will be the center of your clump. The further you drag away, the more the fur will clump together. It is useful for creating clumps or tuffs of fur.

Using Clump Hair

Click the Clump Hair tool on the Grooming tab.
Click where you want your clump of hair, and drag away from that point to determine how strong the clump will be.

Tip

Scrolling the mouse wheel or holding ⇧ Shift while dragging LMB will let you resize your brush.

For specific parameter information, see the Guide Groom help.

Tips

To unclump the hair, you can use the Smooth Hair tool on the shelf to make it less clumpy.

Guide Brushes tab

Draw Hair

Lets you add freehand-drawn hair guides to a fur object.
Plant Guides

Lets you stick individual guides on the surface of your character.
Screen Brush

Lets you interactively groom hair in screen space.
Surface Brush

Lets you interactively groom hair along the surface of your geometry.
Lift Hair

Lets you interactively push hair away from the surface.
Clump Hair

Lets you interactively pull hair into a clump.
Part Hair

Lets you interactively push hair away from your stroke.
Length Adjust

Lets you interactively vary the length of the ends of the hair.
Smooth Hair

Lets you interactively smooth areas of hair.
Cut Hair

Lets you interactively trim hair.
Extend Hair

Lets you interactively lengthen hair.
Recache Strokes

Recaches recorded strokes in all Guide Groom SOPs within a groom object.