Hi,

I'm using H16.0.557 Apprentice. Just following one of Jeff Wagner's videos and saw a new H16 node called Solidify. No, Jeff didn't go into details on that node in the video but I just want to play around with it and cannot find it.

Is it only avail in a later version ?

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/solidify [sidefx.com]

Thanks.

Solidify has been hidden in Houdini 16.0. It looks like the intent was for the functionality of PolyFill and Boolean to replace Solidify, though I'm not familiar with the details of that.

Thanks, Jeff Lim also said this on odforce….however, I looked into the Solidify sample file provided and that uses Solid Conform…

So in the video:

https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/geometry-workflows/ [sidefx.com]

@ 00:11:40 shows new SOPs…..Solidify. So is the Help link above up to date ? or should that say Solid Conform ?

The confusion is Solidify example is using Solid Conform, while the video says there's a new H16 SOP called Solidify.

vusta
@ 00:11:40 shows new SOPs…..Solidify.

That should probably be Solid Conform.

vusta
So is the Help link above up to date ?

The help link above is up to date. The Solidify SOP still exists, so its help still exists; it's just hidden by default. Solid Conform is a separate node, so its help is at https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/solidconform [sidefx.com] (I've just fixed the odd formatting issue after the “Local Scaling” parameter on that page, but it won't show up until tomorrow.)

vusta
The confusion is Solidify example is using Solid Conform

Which example are you referring to?

vusta
The confusion is Solidify example is using Solid Conform

Which example are you referring to?

well…itself….the Solidify sample file provided in the folder called solidify_sop is actually called solid_conform_example.hip…..and as said is using solid conform node. Hence, the confusion.

But I'll settle for solid conform…

vusta
well…itself….the Solidify sample file provided in the folder called solidify_sop is actually called solid_conform_example.hip

I can't seem to find a folder named “solidify_sop” or “solidify” in the Houdini 16.0 installation directory, or in the “reference files” for the webinar you linked to, (though it might have been moved/removed), so I'm not sure which example you're referring to, sorry.

yeah if you follow the link below the video now…you'll see a file called:

2017.04.05_H16_SOPs_files.zip

This has been ‘cleaned’ up.

Now if you follow the link lower in the comments near the bottom, you'll get an earlier file called:

2017.04.03_H16_SOPs_files.zip

This has many more scene files in there…more at RnD stage I guess….and in here you'll find Solidify example. This is what I explored with when I first studied the video tutorial.