Simple Rope Tool || Houdini Tutorial

[@biogenicdesign]

Simon, thank you very much!!! Such intelligent, "simple", logical & efficient setup without overcomplicating it with VEX. Thank you!!!

[@keltart809]

yes I always get lost in those complicated tutorials with VEX.

[@jobro88]

learn alot quick and easy. Thank you

[@massimobaita7178]

Thank You very much, Simon!

[@PostmanStudio]

Thank you for this tutorial, I’ve learn new nodes!

[@sskidmore13]

Another method is to use the boolean seam option to generate a curve at each intersection of the grid and the collision mesh. then use a triangulate 2d node to generate a convex hull from those intersection curves. This bypasses the need for the remesh and ray step you're doing. That's what I ended up doing in my method. Nice approach though

[@desocrate]

boolean is slower to process I think, but still a viable solution

[@oliverdavies9071]

@@desocrate It is faster than a ray step and remesh by a long shot. Fewer nodes too.

[@dongxianbones]

thank you for this amazing tutorial, which i couldn't find anywhere else. it is really nice, for i was trying to use 3ds max to achieve this wrapping effect but in vain.

[@pawpotsRS]

I hope you can make a series of generating procedural houses even the basics without using the labs. really appreciate your page specially this one.

[@xnomph8988]

hey! any chance u could make u tutorial fro the branches?

[@davidfosford]

thanks for the tutorial, how do i make my viewport look like yours (without the grid and lighting etc)

[@baileycohen7775]

On top of the right hand bar of the viewport there's options to turn the lights on and off, signified by various light bulbs. There's also a grid button there that will get rid of the grid view for you.

[@LucasSouza-zb5fr]

Amazing !!

[@elk_h]

incredible useful. thank you very much for the breakdown Simon!

[@philmehrart]

Thanks for the awesome tut, you have a very good way of teaching. Houd continues to amaze me, quite new coming to it but I always find myself audibly going "whoa" when seeing stuff like this :D

[@ProjectRelease]

Awesome tutorial, cool idea :)

[@nilodorus1243]

Amazing! Question, how do you keep the density of the rope twists even as it spreads out?

[@simonhoudini5074]

In the sweep is a setting to set the twist per unit distance. It is a drop down menu.
Also SideFX Labs has a rope tool which I help making, it is worth checking out

[@nilodorus1243]

@@simonhoudini5074 amazing! Thank you so much!

[@globglob3D]

Simple and effective, love it

[@Carteblanchefx]

Awesome!

[@playboy8303]

Man ! you should create a Modeling Course

[@ModelWhatYouSee]

Great tutorial! Is it possible to ask how you got the tube that you used in the sweep to be a braided rope? I know how to make the rope, but how do you get the rope to deform to your prim setup?

[@simonhoudini5074]

Thanks! With the new sweep of houdini 18 you can easily make different styles, like this video here should help th-cam.com/video/RCux_9B6ua8/w-d-xo.html

[@JuyongJeon]

Thank you so much !!!!

[@rickedeckard2006]

Effective - Thanks!

[@focusmaya251]

Thanks 👍

[@nictanghe98]

hmm i wander how to make it not go partialy around the branch when it should go straight to the other brach.

[@simonhoudini5074]

You can do a check first which branches/models will be influenced by the rope.
On twitter posted also an updated version
mobile.twitter.com/simon_houdini/status/1242509125705175042

[@techforgamedevs6954]

Thanks

[@sams_3d_stuff]

Nice! Thanks.

[@dmitryflow7948]

Thank you for this tut! Is this works with 17.5? Can't find Surface Option in Sweep node(

[@simonhoudini5074]

Houdini 18 has a new and better sweep node.
But you can still have some results with Houdini17.5

[@dmitryflow7948]

@@simonhoudini5074 ok, thank you, Im still begginer so will try :)

[@aldo_3d]

How do you get 3 tube primitives in one single geo node...I cant rotate them if i try the same

[@RazzMattazz101]

th-cam.com/video/RCux_9B6ua8/w-d-xo.html

[@RedBattalion9000]

...Use insert curve mesh in Zbrush. That's way more better.

[@Kristianhotable]

Thx!

[@hossx2001]

WoW

[@fabiosobrin7078]

Hi Simon, Im very new to this software.
My ropes overlap the tubes,
is there any way I can avoid that?

[@ShuvrodeepDutta]

use peak tool after shrink wrap

[@madmodder]

So, how do we get to the very start of the video? Im brand new to houdini and am completely at a loss for how to get to that point.

[@김성열-h9d]

Thanks