Applied Houdini – Rigids III (1080p, Updated)

On September 7, 2020

Release date:2020, July 4

Author:Steven Knipping

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

In Rigids III we will tackle the complex task of destroying a vehicle! Included with the lesson is a high resolution helicopter that we will smash into the ground. We talk extensively about the mysterious “hard” and “cone twist” constraints, as well as strategies to combine them with the “glue” constraint in order to achieve the looks of different physical materials under stress. Perhaps most importantly, an efficient workflow is described in order to keep this complexity manageable as well as art directable. As a bonus, we will also render our final work in Mantra as well as export to the Alembic file format in order to read into other packages if we desire.

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01. Introduction
02. Paths
03. Categories
04. Fracture loop
05. Control refinement
06. Prep pieces
07. Internal movement
08. Overall movement
09. Reading animation
10. Initial constraints
11. Setup
12. Processing the network Updated
13. Adjusting behavior
14. Properties per category
15. Implement breaking and clustering
16. Abstract
17. Rotor setup
18. Preparation
19. Constraint modifications
20. Simming and denting
21. Adjusting properties
22. Setup
23. Bind per piece
24. Velocity and packing
25. Strategic cuts Updated
26. Remodeling
27. Adjusting categories
28. Tweak binding
29. Fix small spinning pieces
30. Remove unwanted pieces
31. Create materials
32. Shading and lighting
33. Rendering
34. Final review
35. Exporting to alembic