scounnas

I just wanted to jump in here and let you know that we have a lot of experience helping make these types of arguments. We are happy to work with you directly to see how Houdini may fit your various project needs.

Please feel free to contact me directly at Side Effects to assist you in this process.

Thanks!

- Sarah

the_squid
As some of you know I'm working at a facility that currently uses a combination of Lightwave, 3d Studio Max, and Maya.

I am meeting with the owner of the company next week Wednseday to discuss reasons for buying Houdini. I know, as an artist I should be able to come up with a few good reasons, and I have. But I need some additional artillery. It would help me if some of you could give me some reasons I may not have thought of that I can pitch in my meeting.

The questions I know I'll be asked are:

1.) How can Houdini work into our pipeline?
2.) What sets Houdini's POPs apart from 3D Max's “Particle Flow”?
3.) Why does Houdini not come with a fluid solver and decent RBD solver? When can we expect to see these additions to the software?
4.) Why is Houdini over 20,000 a license while Maya is only 7,000 a license? What makes Houdini so much more expensive?
5.) Why would we buy a software with such a limited user base?

…Keep in mind these arent my questions – there are questions I know I'll be asked. I have answers to all of them but I'd like to have more. It would be good to know what the rest of the Houdini community thinks on this…

I'm putting my neck out quite a bit in my continued push to integrate this fantastic software into our pipeline. Thoughtful responses will be greatly appreciated, afterall if I'm able to convince these guys to make the purchase we'll all have one more facility to work for that uses Houdini

In the meantime I'm using Houdini apprentice to build tools (otl's) to add some more weight to my argument. I've already made an OTL for a rain system that rivals the rain system they built in Maya… only difference is mine took a day to make and theirs took 2 months. This already helps prove my point Any additional “points” would really help.