Archive for February 21st, 2005

houdini

particles .

out put is file type bgeo, bunary geomotry.
24 bgeo’s for this example

bouncing bal examle.

to out put use the out put op’s , click geomotry,

determine cycle . (wher sin repates )

obj/merge1
(ex)

sop path out put..

then out put file , exspression. ….G:/test/run` $f-1`.breo

can also be used for vedio cycles .

create a test folder in g: then render . it creates a bgeo set.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/crittercam/video_previews.html?format=qt&vid=022504/04penguin_natgeo_ref.mov

particals systems .

stamping :

writing your own funtions .

can go to settings aslias and variables and go to exspressions .

stamping passes data backwards .

in the copy . go to stamps check the box for stamped inputs .

name the stamp. (offset ) and place the exspression.

( rint(rand($PT)*23) 0-23 is the range , , rand $PT is a 0-1 range . .

butit’s a foating point if you take the rint out ,.

in out puts the exspression is .

G:/test/run`($F+param(“offstep”,0))%24`.bgeo

translation : (0-300)it’s asking for te paramter of the offsteo funtion that is 0

were adding 0-300 to 0-23 dividing by 24 and taking the remainder.