Hey!

Maybe a bit off topic but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how or where can I purchase that Houdini rubber toy that Christopher has on his bookshelf behind him?

Thanks

They were giving them away for free at Siggraph (along with t-shirts and SideFX branded M&M's). Sometimes they have them and other swag in the Houdini User Group meetings in different cities.

I have mine sitting on my shelf as well, and I'm sure people who have seen it have wondered what the hell it is and why do I have such a weird toy.

Hi. oww.

Now the pig head. That would be cool!

Best

I can send you smaller version ...Just make contact in email ..

You can export the model to an stl file and have a 3d company like Shapeways, iMaterialize, etc. print it off.

However, I'm not sure of the process if you want a colored model.

iMaterialize does say they can do colored stl. Not sure if the color should be applied to points or the prims - but there is the step of first how to convert the shop material to a color attribute.(I thought I could find a map of the shop material used in the install directory and use an attribute from map - but no luck).

Shapeways seems to be able to do the same plus they have a voxel based option too. The only information on I found on their website in relation to how to set up the color information involves packing up in a zip file with VRML97/X3D with jpg/png maps. Not sure what steps would have to be taken from Houdini side to get to that though - https://support.shapeways.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023735054-Exporting-to-VRML-and-X3D-for-color-printing [support.shapeways.com]


Edit: If one applies color attribute to any point/vertex/prims and save as stl. Loading it back in shows that information is lost. So I think one might have to look at another program that could save out a colored stl.

Thanks everyone for all the responses!
I'm determined to have that toy on my desk for inspiration while I learn Houdini
I'll definitely check these options BabaJ. Thanks!

P.S
Does anyone have an idea on the best way to export the toy with the textures for 3D printing?

.PLY
Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format

Librarian
.PLY
Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format

It depends on the 3d printing company and their requirements.

That's true,

It depends on the 3d printing company and their requirements.

I was working with z-corp long time go...Never Liked 3d print in Color ...somehow Clean white its

You can use Meshmixer to prepare your 3D print, it’s free : https://www.meshmixer.com/ [www.meshmixer.com]

I’ve worked with these guys a few times, amazing print quality : https://www.instagram.com/ownage_industries/ [www.instagram.com]