Welcome to part three of our latest mini series! Last week we talked about reversing the vertex order for surface shading. This week we’re putting a different approach under the microscope – reversing the normal vector to control the direction of copied geometry. 

We’re covering fundamentals, like computing point tangency via the polyframe node, using polygon winding and vertex order to navigate the polyframe node, storing tangent vectors in the normal attribute, and using the normal node to reverse the normal vector. Don’t worry, it’ll all make sense soon.

This is just a sneak peek of our super detailed Geometry Essentials 02 course. Head to Hipflask to supercharge your Houdini skills today!

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FRASER SHIERS

Fraser Shiers is an award-winning creative director and 3D generalist. He is the founder and principal instructor at Hipflask and the founder and director of Forge & Morrow. As an instructor, Fraser is committed to making it easy for artists to transition to Houdini from other DCCs. As an artist, he’s made work for some of the world’s largest brands and advertising agencies. In between creating Houdini training with Hipflask and producing work with Forge & Morrow, Fraser also teaches at the University of Newcastle in Australia where he lectures in 3D animation using Houdini.

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