NOTE:  This tutorial is now updated for Houdini 18.  Click here to see the updated tutorial.  

This tutorial covers:

  • How can you shatter an object yourself
  • What is a constraint?  
  • How to make your own constraints
  • How to use the RBD Material Fracture SOP
  • How to constrain two materials to one another
  • How to fix broken constraints
  • How to debug RBD errors
  • How to switch from a Glue to Soft Constraint
  • And more!
  • This tutorial has nothing to do with the red flower to the left!  There is something wrong with the uploader and I can't upload a relevant picture.  In the meantime, enjoy the flower!
  • Click here for the Houdini 17 tutorial.
  • Click here for the Houdini 18 tutorial.

CREATED BY

mrCatfish
SEAN LEWKIW

I have almost 30 years of VFX production experience as a VFX Supervisor, DFX Supervisor, CG Supervisor and Houdini FX artist. My credits include Lord of the Rings, Superman Returns, Golden Compass, Watchmen, Mazerunner, and many many more, and stints at Weta, DNEG, Method, Framestore, Cinesite and others. Please see my IMDB profile at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507909/ I have extensive teaching experience as both Lead FX Instructor at Lostboys School of VFX in Montreal, and I am currently Head of CG for Onboarding (new hire training) at Cinesite. I focus on the fundamentals, so that you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it -- that you can take what you learned and actually use it to create new content. I have also been using Houdini since its inception, way way back in the before days. I still love what I do and hope to keep on doing it for many years to come!

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COMMENTS

  • Emil 5 years, 4 months ago  | 

    Hello Sean,

    why can't I open the tutorials? I want to watch H17 destruction.

  • mrCatfish 5 years, 4 months ago  | 

    The Houdini 17 tutorial is still available. You have to "enrol" to see it, but that is free.

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