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MAKING wire / chain ?

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freesign
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Hi , I am doing modeling in Houdini , i had done all the watch , how was it ?

now I wan't to add a wire or chain for the watch , but I lag here , I need some suggestion about the mind idea to build the wire / chain modeling.

So, my question is , what is the concept to use houdini to do model like wire / chain ??

(for example : tell me some node to use or helpful expression or any tips)

thanks for reply

cheers

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the base tool for both is Curve SOP or you can work with any curve in houdini
then to make wire from it you can either sweep circle along it and skin it or use PolyWire SOP or Wireframe SOP

for chain you will probably need Resample SOP and Copy SOP

see attached file as an example

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here are some links that can be helpful
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1242&Itemid=132 [sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1399&Itemid=132 [sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1400&Itemid=132 [sidefx.com]
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freesign
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Oh thank you , i will learn and see
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fxrod
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There is also a chain example in the Houdini Docs that uses RBDs and constraints. Do a search in the HBrowser for chain and it's the first one that comes up. This is for dynamics, if you're interested.
Francisco Rodriguez
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