When you are in the view tool then you don't need spacebar to use hotkeys in the viewport - if any other tool is active (select, move, rotate etc) then you need to put spacebar in front of F and G. I find it easiest to always use spacebar for view hotkeys as a habit.
When in the view tool (which is invoked when the spacebar key is pressed) there are some buttons in the top bar the let you change the tumble method without going to preferences.
The default “Set Pivot” method tumbles around whatever geometry you click on which could yield strange results if you have a large piece of geometry that goes off to the distance - if you click in empty space when you tumble then you will use the last pivot used (which may or may not make sense). If you use “Keep Pivot” then you may need to home the view (spacebar - H, F, G) to “reset” the pivot before tumbling.
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SI Users » Focus and camera / viewport control
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SI Users » Change viewport settings of single view
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“Spacebar-n” while hovering over a viewport will put your focus on that viewport. If you are in the View tool then you only need “n”
In the bottom right of the Scene view panel, you can click on the button with four squares - if all four are highlighted then view options will affect all four - if only one is highlighted then the viewport with the focus gets the option changes.
In the bottom right of the Scene view panel, you can click on the button with four squares - if all four are highlighted then view options will affect all four - if only one is highlighted then the viewport with the focus gets the option changes.
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Houdini Lounge » The Houdini Boutique - T-shirts and Hoodies
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I contacted the company about the issue and they said that they would be happy to resolve it:
“Hello,
Thank you for your email.
We would be happy to resolve this issue with the customer directly. They can contact us either at service@spreadshirt.com, or if they call us at 1-800-381-0815.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Chelsea
Customer Service”
Please contact them again to resolve this and if they don't fix the problem let me know (rmagee@sidefx.com)
Thanks
Robert
“Hello,
Thank you for your email.
We would be happy to resolve this issue with the customer directly. They can contact us either at service@spreadshirt.com, or if they call us at 1-800-381-0815.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Chelsea
Customer Service”
Please contact them again to resolve this and if they don't fix the problem let me know (rmagee@sidefx.com)
Thanks
Robert
Houdini Lounge » The Houdini Boutique - T-shirts and Hoodies
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Houdini Lounge » The Houdini Boutique - T-shirts and Hoodies
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Actually we have moved on to a new service as our official swag store: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/thehoudiniboutique/ [shop.spreadshirt.com]
Houdini Lounge » Payment Methods
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Houdini Lounge » Q: Houdini T-shirts for sale?
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We have an online store here:
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/thehoudiniboutique/ [shop.spreadshirt.com]
A few recent designs are available.
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/thehoudiniboutique/ [shop.spreadshirt.com]
A few recent designs are available.
Houdini Lounge » is there another site to convert Apprentice files to Indie?
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Sign into the Orbolt website then use this link:
https://www.orbolt.com/upgrade-houdini-files [www.orbolt.com]
https://www.orbolt.com/upgrade-houdini-files [www.orbolt.com]
Houdini Lounge » Turn Edges into Curve
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Tinkering with the dissolve tool there are a couple things to watch out for. It only works on boundary edges therefore you may need to delete the polygons beside the edge you want to extract - that is if you are trying to get edges or loops “inside” a topology. The second step would then be to select the boundry edges you want(either by hand or with a group) and then press delete (which creates a dissolve sop). On the Dissolve SOP, set Operation to Delete Non-Selected and then set Remove Inline points to OFF - this is especially important if you selected a loop because then ALL the points are inline points and you will see nothing. If you do these steps you should be OK:
Houdini Lounge » SideFX Website errors with search results
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At the moment, our support for the Amazon cloud has been suspended. You can find details here:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/render/cloudfarm [www.sidefx.com]
The page being found by the search is an old FAQ that was put into draft mode when the information was incorporated into the docs.
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/render/cloudfarm [www.sidefx.com]
The page being found by the search is an old FAQ that was put into draft mode when the information was incorporated into the docs.
Houdini Lounge » SideFX Website errors with search results
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We don't have any information about cloud computing on our website at the moment. There is some out of date notes in the docs about working with Amazon Cloud (which we don't at the moment).
Do you want to put your licenses on the cloud or work with a cloud service such as Google Zync or Gridmarkets?
Do you want to put your licenses on the cloud or work with a cloud service such as Google Zync or Gridmarkets?
Houdini Lounge » Mantra surface deprecated?
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Now you would go to /mat or create a node called Material Network then dive into this node. then you go to the Tools menu and choose Show Tool Palette. You can use the filter at the bottom to find “classic” and from the Shaders menu, you can choose Classic Shader. This should line you up with what is in the tutorial.
Shopnets were replaced with material networks because the mat networks are VOP based and allow for layered shaders.
Shopnets were replaced with material networks because the mat networks are VOP based and allow for layered shaders.
Houdini Indie and Apprentice » Will disk drive replacement affect Indie license?
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The best way to avoid issues is to return your license before you make the change then reacquire it on the new drive. You can do this by opening up the license admin app and from the File menu select Return Selected Licenses. Then after you replace your drive, go back to this app and Install them again.
Every user can do this a couple times per year. This is meant to deal with hardware changes.
Every user can do this a couple times per year. This is meant to deal with hardware changes.
Houdini Learning Materials » Poly extrude along curve
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When you set up a curve in the second input that curve will be “fit” between the start point of the extrude to the “extruded front” which is by default a certain distance from the start based on the distance attribute.
In the attached file, I turned on “Transform Extruded Front” in the Extrusion tab which freed up the front to be moved anywhere I wanted so I point snapped it to the end of the curve. I then used the rotate handle to rotate the end face to align with the curve. This gives you something much closer to what you wanted.
In the tutorial this wasn't needed because the endpoints of the input curve were both aligned along a straight line so the distance attribute did the trick. Since your endpoints are not aligned, the Transform Extruded Front option was necessary.
In the attached file, I turned on “Transform Extruded Front” in the Extrusion tab which freed up the front to be moved anywhere I wanted so I point snapped it to the end of the curve. I then used the rotate handle to rotate the end face to align with the curve. This gives you something much closer to what you wanted.
In the tutorial this wasn't needed because the endpoints of the input curve were both aligned along a straight line so the distance attribute did the trick. Since your endpoints are not aligned, the Transform Extruded Front option was necessary.
Houdini Learning Materials » No Report Button For Dead Tutorials?
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Houdini Indie and Apprentice » flatten bottom of sphere
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Here is a version that uses a polybevel to get a nice round edge at the bottom. Added some polyfills to fix up topology at the top and the bottom.
Houdini Lounge » How to change the license of UE4 plugin?
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If you created your digital asset using Houdini Apprentice then it would be saved out as a .hdanc (non commercial) file. The 30 day trial is a commercial license for Houdini Engine that cannot load non commercial files. There is no way to open .hdanc files in Engine. You need to get a digital asset from a commercial version of Houdini - you can find some at orbolt.com.
Robert
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Houdini Learning Materials » Old Houdini Python training
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I found Rob V's Python Masterclass and put it up on the new site as an archived lesson. It is from Houdini 9.5 therefore not sure how much is still applicable in 16.5.
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/python-and-houdini-95/ [www.sidefx.com]
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/python-and-houdini-95/ [www.sidefx.com]
Houdini Learning Materials » HOUDINI FOUNDATIONS | GDC 2018 EDITION
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Thanks harry for the feedback. The goal is to create more editions of using the Houdini Foundations format that covers a wider range of features including VFX, character and lighting. They are a lot of work but there are plans to produce more chapters.
Robert
PS - I was the designer and author of the Art of Maya, along with a team of writers, when I worked at Alias|Wavefront many moons ago. Glad that book helped you too.
Robert
PS - I was the designer and author of the Art of Maya, along with a team of writers, when I worked at Alias|Wavefront many moons ago. Glad that book helped you too.
Houdini Learning Materials » HOUDINI FOUNDATIONS | GDC 2018 EDITION
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A new PDF has been uploaded that should fix display issues. Did you just download it today?
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