I'm still taking Houdini baby steps, but just trying to understand a good way of simulating a necklace - one with a heavy pendant or 3 that react as rigid bodies while still being tethered to the string/chain.

Thanks for any suggestions.

have a look at the wire solver
wires can act like RBD with the right settings…

arctor
have a look at the wire solver
wires can act like RBD with the right settings…

Thanks arctor. Yeah I've started getting the basics of the wire solver figured out now. Just not sure how to constrain a rigid body point to it so they hang and interact properly. I'm just impatient and excited to get going I guess. Still something of a learning curve for me after Blender/Maya, but will get there.

Cheers.

And just as a follow up, I found this workflow http://ihoudini.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/wire-to-rbd-feedback-in-dops.html?showComment=1434442587147 [ihoudini.blogspot.com.au]
but it sounds like that approach doesn't work in newer versions of Houdini.

Anyone know how this would be achieved in H14?

you could make the RBD thing a wire thing - and just change it's properties to act more rigid