BabaJ

If you don't want the reverse connection/behaviour,
after making the reference, just right click on the parameter and select lock parameter.

You could use the Convert Line SOP then follow with a delete/blast node to remove the primitive(Edge).

Or if you want to follow the Convert Line SOP with a prim vex wrangle you could use the removeprim function 'paying' attention to the andpoints argument for your purposes.

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/vex/functions/removeprim.html [www.sidefx.com]

Of course if you wanted, you could recreate individual prims(edges) in vex wrangle too.

If you're talking about a .hip file you can go to Edit > Preferences > Save and Load Options > and select Increment Filename.

If you insert a number of zeros preceeded by a . before your .hip then you will retain leading zeroes everytime you save.

e.g. Save your first hip as:

Sponge_v.000.hip

then each consequent save will be:


Sponge_v.001.hip
Sponge_v.002.hip
Sponge_v.003.hip
...
...
Sponge_v.078.hip
Sponge_v.079.hip