SIgor420
Hi folks, me again. This time with trying out DM modeling with vanilla Houdini stuff. At this point, I am not really sure why people are saying that DM modeling sucks, or it's not possible or I should not do it in Houdini. From what I have learned in the past two weeks is that things are quite the opposite. I have found a lot of nice solutions for different modeling tasks. I have to spend a lot of time trying out things and I am quite happy with what I can do with Houdini DM. It needs a bit more functionality to really make it awesome, like for example, Proportional Beveling. Now, I can see how people might have an impression that DM sucks in H. I have watched a gazillion of tutorials and none did show DM modeling in a way I managed to model this. So it's not about that H sucks in this regard, it's more about others simply not demonstrating what's possible and how.
This is still a work in progress. I plan to push this as far as possible.
It's not that it sucks (with the additions in the past two years that is) or that it is not possible. It is just that modelling is still faster and more direct in other tools. Like XSI....
But as I said a lot has been done and I find myself using it more often for the entire workflow.
The biggest issue for me is still the lack of multi object editing. Having a model consistent of many parts, all in one tree with only tedious methods to directly select and transform a part in the viewport is slowing the flow down a lot. Being able to just grab all upper points of windows, doors and walls and adjust the y position - while having them being separate geo - is something you don't want to miss...
In the end what makes you the money is never
what you can do but h
ow fast you can do it and how many people you need.