I'm new to Houdini so overlook my ignorance.

I googled Houdini weight maps and didn't get answers.

Does Houdini have something like weigh maps ? and what do we call them ?

Thanks

Can't google if you don't know what to google

In Houdini terms, skinning is called “Capture”. You capture the geometry around a bone. The bone has influence and is weighted by the capture region.

please also see the documentation:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini14.0/character/ [sidefx.com]

there is a section on Rigging which includes information on Capturing Skin

(please ignore the sections on the Auto-Rig)

Thanks for the info