Entagma | New in Houdini 18.5 Pt .8: KineFX @Entagma | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
00:38 - Basic example
02:07 - More complex setup - start
03:47 - Setting up shortest path
05:01 - Cleaning up paths
08:16 - Setting up KineFX
08:59 - Changing rotation directions
12:35 - Tweaking the animation
14:10 - Setting up the mesh deformation
15:57 - Translations
17:47 - Rotations
20:29 - Fixing small errors
21:07 - Creating veins/vines
22:44 - Infamous last words

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Revisiting an old technique Manu covered a while ago. But this time using H18.5's new KineFX tools to make it a tiny bit less painful. Nevertheless Mo of course dives into VEX and a bit of linear algebra.

Download Project File: http://www.entagma.com/downloads/New_18-5_KineFX_001.zip

Links:
Manu's previous tut on manually building polyfolding: entagma.com/polyfolding-part-1
Matt Estela's CGWiki entry on KineFX: tokeru.com/cgwiki/index.php?title=HoudiniKinefx
threedscans.com - A neat collection of 3D Scans: http://threedscans.com