Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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How to guide shortest paths through a mesh with noise and distance to surface.
PATREON: patreon.com/konstantinmagnus

0:00 Introduction
0:47 Mesh Preparation
1:41 Fill with Tetrahedra
2:56 Starts and Endings
4:56 Shortest paths
5:46 Smoothing paths
7:26 Inserting a hole
8:55 Noisy paths
10:46 Distance to surface
13:01 Adding thickness
15:43 Meshing
17:45 Discussion

Houdini File: procegen.konstantinmagnus.de/guiding-shortest-paths
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