SideFX Houdini

Run high-res Vellum cloth sim on a training set of motions.

Use ML Deformer nodes to train an ONNX model.

Replace the Vellum solver with the ML Inference node.

Achieve 60fps cloth playback in the viewport.

Import street map data via OSM node.

Create a HDA that defines building rules (height, style, windows).

Use PDG to distribute building generation across 64 CPU cores.

Export as a single USD layer for Unreal Engine 5.

Generate base noise terrain.

Apply Heightfield Erode node for thermal and hydraulic simulation.

Bake out flow and sediment masks.

Export optimized meshes with LODs.

Build a procedural asset generator in Houdini.

Use PDG to randomize lighting, camera angles, and textures.

Automatically generate semantic segmentation masks and bounding boxes.

Output 100,000 images directly to S3.

Technical Artist creates a procedural explosion HDA in Houdini.

Import the HDA into Unity/Unreal via Houdini Engine.

Engine artist tweaks parameters (scale, color) within the native game editor.

Geometry is cooked live on the fly.

Define agent states (Walk, Run, Idle) in KineFX.

Set up a Crowd Solver with fuzzy logic for avoidance and goals.

Use USD point instancing for efficient rendering.

Render via Karma for cinematic quality.

Set up a TOPs network to watch a folder for new FBX assets.

Apply procedural poly-reduction and UV packing.

Validate mesh integrity with Python nodes.

Write out optimized USD assets automatically.