Terrain Generation – Full Artistic Control using Volume Slices and Height Fields – ‘Compiled SOP’ architecture: parallel cooking and memory savings – Vertex normal support in the viewport for cussing – Fast tool access via customizable, gestural radial menus – 3D and UV smoothing with advanced surface analysis kernels These tools make it easier to create a good surface topology for use in Film, TV, Games and VR, and can be used interactively in the viewport or procedurally in the network editor.įast Boolean with exact predicates and arithmetic

The modeling toolset in Houdini continues to grow – with new Boolean tools, Smooth and PolyFill. Modeling – Artist-Friendly Tools and Procedural Techniques – Font size, color and background controls for sticky notes – Background image support for network boxes or the entire canvas

– Visual indication of non-local dependencies, with handy jump-to controls – Dimming of long wires to prevent obstruction of nodes – Quickmark hotkeys to jump between networks or within one network – Intuitive, gesture-driven network layout tools – Automatic shifting of nodes to accommodate new entrants – Snapping guides for fast and easy node alignment – Multi-selectable and multi-assignable wires – Visual ‘badges’ to indicate certain properties of the node – Persistent node info dialog with live links and cut-and-paste capabilities – ‘Flyout ring’ to quickly access node flags and node info at any zoom level – Brand new architecture for better performance, user experience, and control New context-sensitive and fully customizable radial menus provide quick access to common tools, making Houdini more accessible for artists.

User Experience – New Node Network and Radial Menusįor a fast and fluid experience, the new network editor has been redesigned from scratch to include custom node shapes, alignment and layout tools, ‘dot’ nodes and much more.

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