The tool was developed by Sharan Vaswani.
FX Supervisor Sharan Vaswani has released Populate Toolset, a great free tool that enables its users to art direct instanced simulation caches in Houdini while providing them with production-friendly features and parameters.
Designed to help creators manage multiple shots that require variations of simulated caches to be instanced across a sequence of shots, the toolset comes with an efficient method to quickly display proxy geometry for flipbooks and layouts, as well as allows the users to use override settings to address minor issues identified during dailies. Furthermore, it optimizes scenes using packed geometry, among other useful features.
The Populate Toolset consists of the following OTLs:
- InstanceSrc: This OTL defines the initial attributes and settings necessary to instance the 'Bundles' inputs.
- Override Instance: This OTL provides an optional layer to modify specific attributes or quickly address minor notes.
- Populate: This OTL employs two methods to populate the 'Bundles' inputs. You can either populate using a custom tool or utilize the native Houdini Instance Tool. The tool also enables users to specify settings, such as rendering as packed geometry or displaying only proxy geo.
- PopulateGizmo: This small gizmo tool assists in visualizing the source point from where the cache will be triggered.
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