Hey Forums! I am primarily a Cinema4D user in motion graphics. Years ago, a Houdini artist wrote a simple scene for me that would read an OBJ, then run it through a Sort SOP and save it out as another OBJ.

I remember the Sort node had options for what direction the vertices would be sorted. This is incredibly useful in motion graphics when I need to control the order of how polygons are constructed. Cinema 4D has no native tool like this.

I don't know the first thing about Houdini, so it's a really steep learning curve for me.

I'd like to ask a huge favor (and probably something very easy for you experts): Could you please write a scene like this for me to use?

If I recall correctly, it's a very simple 3-node scene (read>sort>write).

I'd be happy to donate some PayPal $ or Square Cash in your direction for such a helpful tool. (The company I'm currently working has Houdini 15 if there's a compatibility issue with scene projects.)

The attached example has a File SOP to read in an OBJ file named “input_file.obj” in the directory containing the HIP file ($HIP). There's a Sort SOP that's currently set to do nothing, because I'm not sure what you'd like to sort points/primitives by. Then, there's an output ROP that you can press the Save to Disk button on to write to “output_file.obj” in the directory containing the HIP file.

You'll need to change the Sort SOP to sort points/primitives however you'd like them to be sorted. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'd hold off on paying someone to do something so simple.

ndickson
The attached example has a File SOP to read in an OBJ file named “input_file.obj”

Wow! Thank you so much for the lightning fast reply! I can't wait to try it out this morning!

Dr_Pizza
Wow! Thank you so much for the lightning fast reply! I can't wait to try it out this morning!

No problem. It apparently only took 79 seconds to create that file, so I figure it's worth it, haha.

and 5 minutes to make an HDA.