Fundamentals of Rigid Body Dynamics in Houdini
Runtime: 3 hrs. 18 min.
Software: Houdini 9.1 and up
Release Date: 03/24/2008

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Lesson Outline (32 lessons)
Learn an intuitive workflow to creating complex rigid body simulations and realistic effects with practical projects and examples. Contains over 3 hours of project-based training for artists learning rigid body tools in Houdini.

Popular highlights include: Rigid Body Setup; Dynamic Operator Networks; Physical Properties; Initial States; Deforming Rigid Bodies; Forces; Constraints; Groups; Rigid Body Creation; Cookie Shatter; Fracture and Glue Objects; Animation to Simulation Switch; DOP Expressions;

1. Setting up Rigid Body objects

3. Setting Initial States

5. Grasping the Center of Mass

7. Bounce parameters

9. Dynamic Friction scale

11. Considering Scale

13. Rigid Bodies with changing shapes

15. Pin Constraints

17. Hinge Constraints

19. Angular Constraints

21. Shattering with Cookies

23. Glue Objects (and seamless switching)

25. Brickwall (part 1)

27. Brickwall (part 3)

29. RBD Point Objects

31. Groups and DOP Expressions

2. Activating and Deactivating Rigid Bodies

4. Building DOP Networks node-by-node

6. Mass and Density

8. Rolling and Sliding with Friction

10. Animation to Simulation switch

12. Terrain Objects

14. First look at Constraints

16. Multiple Constraint Relationships

18. Spring Constraints

20. Angular Spring Constraints and Limits

22. Fractured Objects

24. Collision Modes and Solver settings

26. Brickwall (part 2)

28. Raining coins

30. Randomizing RBD Point scale and rotation

32. Auto-freeze



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