Hey everyone,
Just wanted to post a new tool I developed which turns curves into braids, curls, dreadlocks, etc…
It accepts multiple curves, groups and animated curves (due to the reference frame calculations it performs)
Here is a video I posted showing what the tool can do and I quick guide on how to use it:
https://vimeo.com/140151898 [vimeo.com]
I put a lot of hints and help in the tool so just hover over parameters to see what they do… Right now the help file doesn't contain much except for credits and a disclaimer but eventually I'll get around to adding some proper help there too…
Hope you enjoy it!
Let me know if you find bugs or have any improvements or questions or whatever…
Cheers
Corbin Mayne
PS. I hope this is the right thread to post this in???
Shape Curves Tool - creates Braids, Dreadlocks, Curls, etc
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Hi Pelos,
Thanks!
No I don't create a polygon to copy procedurally down the curve… I tried that at first but it ends up being very heavy…
I duplicate the curves and offset their points by a sin/cos wave (depending on whether the braids have even or odd number of strands)
Feel free to download the node and dive inside to see how I built it…
It's not actually that complex of a setup…
Hope you enjoy :-D
Corbin
Thanks!
No I don't create a polygon to copy procedurally down the curve… I tried that at first but it ends up being very heavy…
I duplicate the curves and offset their points by a sin/cos wave (depending on whether the braids have even or odd number of strands)
Feel free to download the node and dive inside to see how I built it…
It's not actually that complex of a setup…
Hope you enjoy :-D
Corbin
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I'm amaze when you did the curve. Do you use commercial tool on that?
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Hi wharton,
The tool was built in the commercial version of Houdini so it will work in either the commercial or the apprentice version… but the tools itself is not commercial - ie. its free to use so you can just click the download above, install the asset library in your Houdini and you've got the tool…
:-D Enjoy!
The tool was built in the commercial version of Houdini so it will work in either the commercial or the apprentice version… but the tools itself is not commercial - ie. its free to use so you can just click the download above, install the asset library in your Houdini and you've got the tool…
:-D Enjoy!
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So out of the box, this tool no longer works, but I figured out a simple workaround.
dive intoand change to it shows up in a few places, so searching for , and replacing it with seems to do the trick
Not sure if all the functionality is there, but so far so good!
dive into
...Shape_Curves_Tool1/calculate_curve_vectors/reference_frames/compute_ref_frames
for vtx_i in xrange(vtx_n):
for vtx_i in range(vtx_n):
xrange
range
Not sure if all the functionality is there, but so far so good!
Edited by skittixch - Sept. 8, 2022 23:21:06
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Hi do you think you could post the updated HDA with the bug fix? I'm a new
Houdini user and this tool is perfect for what I'm trying to create.
Here !
I updated the xrange functions, but I didn't changed anything else !
All credits still belong to Corbin Mayne, I simply fixed a bug.
Edited by BenjiBe - Feb. 29, 2024 07:27:41
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