This video is an explanation on how to navigate the 3D viewport in Houdini, by panning, zooming in and out, and tumbling around in the 3D View window. There are also a few hotkeys covered that are useful for focusing in on a selected object or seeing all objects in the scene. 

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COMMENTS

  • Scara 6 years, 4 months ago  | 

    Nice intro...."nothing to be scared of, Pete" :)

  • MarcBraun 6 years, 4 months ago  | 

    Hmm. Videos are hosted on Vimeo - they closed their service down and are out of business.

    • mpbmke 5 years, 6 months ago  | 

      That is definitely not true, haha.

    • zoot_rollo 4 years, 8 months ago  | 

      still up and running.

    • maximgehricke 4 years, 7 months ago  | 

      Your thinking of Vidme :)
      Vimeo is still going strong.
      I hate the player controls tho. skipping forward or back 10 sec with left and right arrow is so much more convenient on Youtube.
      Plus if you scrub back a few sec by holding left arrow on vimeo, it sometimes doesnt play until u tap right arrow again. :/

  • Thorbear 6 years, 2 months ago  | 

    Very nice!

  • yogesh_2002 6 years ago  | 

    when i go back to view tool or try to apply something the object becomes invincible an only visible when i hover my mouse

  • ChazS 5 years, 9 months ago  | 

    The C key isn't invoking a radial menu. It's activating a snap tool instead. It's mentioned in the online doc these radial menus associate themselves to respective desktops. Specifically, it states "You can work with desktops using the >missing icon< desktops list pop-up menu at the top of the main window". There's an icon that isn't appearing when I copy and paste this statement from the online doc so please feel free to check out the first link below if you're curious about what it should look like. Anyway the invisible nature of this icon is consistent with the Houdini UI since it's not appearing anywhere in there as well. I don't see it in the above tutorial either.

    Plan B: Main menu > Windows > Desktop > Model.
    Back to the scene and hit the "c" key and A-Ha!... still nothing... well, the snap tool is still activating.

    Okay, what am I missing?

    Online docs:
    http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/basics/panes.html
    http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/basics/radialmenus.html#creating-and-editing-menus

    Windows 10
    Houdini Apprentice v15.5.673
    Hefty workstation with plenty of yada yada yada.
    Furniture by Ikea

    • ChazS 5 years, 9 months ago  | 

      [SOLVED]. I don't know if the issue was caused by the version or if a simple reinstall would've helped, but I uninstalled v.15 and installed v.16 and the radial menu now appears. ~Cheers

  • sumet 5 years, 5 months ago  | 

    Good start. I love this tutorial basic and easy.

  • johnjannone 5 years, 5 months ago  | 

    Great! Here's a summary:
    Enter: place at origin
    Esc: return to view tool
    Space/Alt/Option: temporary view tool
    Space+F: zoom in on selected obj
    Space+A: show all objects
    Space+H: home (either show all objects from home angle or home to construction grid)
    Space+G: show selected obj from home angle
    Space+Ctrl: Rotate cam on its Z axis

    • dineshveliath 5 years, 1 month ago  | 

      Thanks man !

  • taha222 5 years, 3 months ago  | 

    سلام چرا من نمتونم فیلم ها رو ببینم
    آیا منظور شما این است: سلام چرا من نمیتونم فیلم ها رو ببینم
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    Hello, why can not I see videos?

  • Anonymous 5 years, 2 months ago  | 

    This going to help a lot. Thanks!

  • KenYang 5 years, 1 month ago  | 

    thanks, very good start~

  • RenelIsio 4 years, 10 months ago  | 

    Nice and Easy :)

  • asis11 4 years, 8 months ago  | 

    Thank you

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