Houdini: Outsider Wants to Go Mainstream

The Houdini software package is one of the most innovative products in the field and is used at least on the fringes of many major productions. If you are interested, we have found a large workshop in videos and PDFs. Did we mention that the basic version of Houdini is free?

Archive notice: This article was originally published on November 10, 2010. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.

The three chapters of the user guide each describe different areas in PDF and video – a general introduction to Houdini, modelling tools with fracturing for rigid body dynamics, and a lesson on the node-based workflow.