So it does, thanks. I still think ther eis something going on with the ‘while’ node in my attached file that's making mantra hang. It could be a bug but I can't tell if it is or i'm doing something wrong but it should work.

I would still need to get the node based version working so I can incorporate it into some othe rnetworks.

Cheers

John

I've got a problem with a point cloud shader that used to work in H8. Basically mantra hangs during rendering. HIP file attached

This is an editied version of a setup described here (the last poster is probably having the same issue as me :

http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?showtopic=5114&hl=point+cloud [forums.odforce.net]

any ideas or is there alternative approach to this now?

Cheers

J

Thanks.. just found the 1st solution though I wasn't aware of the second you mentioned.

Cheers

J

Hi,

I seem to be getting ‘flickering’ of hairs where clumps overlap. I've attached a file with the problem. You can see it in openGl and renders.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Cheers

J

this has been discussed quite a bit in the past few years…

there are workarounds…

I'm quite interested to find out how this might be done too. I don't seem to be able to locate any info on the matter except this post

J

thanks guys..

A lapse of concentration led me to believe there were others not listed somwhere.. DOH

Cheers

John

Hello,

Is there anywhere documented a list of attributes that are available for override from the fur procedural (or just for use by the fur sop)? All I can do is look in the furstyle cvex code and take the attributes from there but I don't know if that's a full list of attributes.

regards

John

Cheers for the quick reply!

That's pretty much what I was trying to do. I guess the points generated by the scatter are somehow different to the points (or vetices) of a polygon mesh which in turn stops the consolidate points from working. AThat or it's a bug Ah well, i'll figure it out one day..

Thanks again

P

Hi,

I'm very new to Houdini so I'm sorry if my question is ridiculously silly

I'm generating scattered points using the the scatter SOP but I would like to clean up the points my consolidating ones that are quite close to each other to get a better spread of points. I notice that using snap in the fuse sop works quite well but it, of course, means that i have multiple points sharing the same location. Consolidate doesn't appear to work (all the points dissapear) in the same way as it would if i were consolidating points of a polygon object.

So, what is going on there? Is there another way to avoid points being generated in close proximity to one another?

Cheers

P