Hi everyone,

Houdini Real Flow ROP/IFD plugin is now available for general consumption.

From the web page
“The Real Flow SD File Export ROP/IFD (Render Operator) will export Houdini geometry to Real Flow SD (Scene Description) files. This ROP
will support multiple objects and camera data (camera data will be working in the next release). The Real Flow SD file supports a feature called
”Matrix or Vertex Mode“. ”Matrix Mode“ will simply output the objects geometry only once, but the object's transformation data for each frame in
the animation. ”Vertex Mode“ will output geometry for each frame but ignores the objects transformation at the object level, which allows geometry
deformations to appear in the SD file (This may be changed in the future to support both modes at once).”

Here's the URL
http//www.digitalcinemaarts.com/dev/real_flow/

Linux version will follow shortly. As before, please report any bugs to support@digitalcinemaarts.com. To date, there's been over a hundred
downloads and I know of about a dozen people evaluating and/or using it in production (and no bug reports! … keeping fingers crossed …).

Now that I've finished “sketching” out the interface between Houdini and Real Flow, (and before I dive into refining , optimizing and adding more
features to the code) I will have more detailed step by step tutorials over the next month. Got lots more planned!

Have fun!


–Mark

HI there,

The Linux version of this plugin is now available.


–Mark