Houdini Stuff

point(1, "P", @ptnum); probably posted something about this before... but the "1" here lets you access the 2nd input...

when using Houdini's toolbar hair tools, pay attention to the highest-level node's parameters. The groom should take place on a sta...

When exporting curves to Maya as arnold ASS files, you can export "pscale" (this can remain a point value) for thickness. Note, it...

With lines, instead of calculating U values by dividing @ptnum by @numpt, you could - at the very start of the process -  add a float attrib...

matrix m = primintrinsic ( 0 , 'packedfulltransform' , @ptnum ); @orient = quaternion ( matrix3 ( m ));   Stole this from odfo...

I'll probably never memorise the proper VEX code for iterating points in a point cloud: pcopen(something something what?) So lets lo...

based on this vid's ideas... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWJ0E1Rdoiw As an example case: You have a grid space with some cylinder...