I'm very new to Houdini (v10) and my query might very well have an obvious solution - so in advance, apologies .
I have a large number of very detailed 2D vector files with non-traditional fonts/layouts that I wish to transform into 3d geometry (as either an obj file et al) for further manipulation within Houdini. Can anybody suggest the simplest way to do this?
I don't know if one can import a 2d vector into Houdini as geometry for subsequent extrusion, so I appreciate it might be a multi-stepped process. Any help would be really helpful. Many thanks.
Hi Helene, Are these EPS files? You can try using a Font SOP. Sometimes it will work, sometimes it won't.
If you are not able to load the 2D vector files with a Font SOP you can remake them by using a Trace SOP, to trace a new outline from a rendered image. The Trace SOP works best if the image it's looking at has high contrast.
Thomas, will try that tutorial link. Thanks too, Jenny. Yes, they are EPS. Will look into that too. I've been wondering how I might do this for ages and all it took was a posting )
Me again . I've having little success importing the Ai vector. The tutorial video was very clear when the vector is created natively in AI. However, my vector was exported from Sibelius as an Ai, which Ai accepts no problem. I've tried everythig I can think of when saving as outline etc - but Houdini still won't display the text/vector.
I've created a simple sample vector file: created in Sib, exported as AI adn then saved again in AI. - saved using CS4's default settings - as opposed to saving as CS3, minus compression etc., in the hope it might shed some light on what I'm doing wrong - and I'm more inclined to think it is me . Any help would be gratefully received - this is driving me loopy.
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