Free Houdini 22 HIP: Transform Pieces in LOPs (the point and prim)
This free Houdini 22 tech-demo file comes from the point and prim, made for a live demo on recreating the SOP Transform Pieces workflow inside Solaris.
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Solaris / USD projects for Houdini: 15 free project files with notes on what each one demonstrates, linked to their original sources.
15 free project files
Free Houdini HIP: Snowfall Particle Sim Template (Sergi Key)
Sergi Key shares this free Houdini template project file for a falling-snow effect, presented in a short showcase video rather than a step-by-step tutorial.
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Free Houdini HIP: Abstract Volume Trails Effect (CG Artist Academy)
CG Artist Academy provides this free Houdini project file from their abstract volume trails tutorial. The effect starts with a POP Network that generates particle trails, explores several approaches for different looks…
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Free Houdini HIP: RBD Procedural LOP in Solaris (the point and prim)
The point and prim offers this free Houdini file alongside a short video on the RBD Procedural LOP in Solaris. The LOP is the USD equivalent of Transform Pieces for heavy RBD simulations, and the scene shows how to…
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Free Houdini Beginner HIP File: Procedural Branch to Solaris Render
This free Houdini project file supports a beginner introduction video titled Want to learn Houdini? Start Here; the creator's name is not listed in the catalog.
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Free Houdini HIP: CG Ocean in Solaris with Karma XPU (Sergi Key)
Sergi Key provides this free Houdini scene for a large CG ocean rendered with Karma XPU, shown in a showcase video rather than a tutorial.
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Free Houdini HIP: Soda Pouring FLIP Sim with Karma XPU (Sergi Key)
Sergi Key shares this free Houdini scene for sparkling soda poured into a glass, explained in a showcase video. It covers the FLIP simulation, particle-to-mesh conversion, added bubbles, look-dev in Solaris and Karma…
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Free Houdini HIP: Procedural Sci-Fi City, USD Workflow (Tutorialavi)
This free Houdini project file by Tutorialavi accompanies a tutorial on building a procedural sci-fi city. It uses an instancing-based layout, Python scripting that automates the creation of USD components, and a…
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Free Houdini 20.5 HIP: Falling Books with Vellum and Solaris (SideFX)
Falling Books Using Vellum and Solaris is a free Houdini 20.5 scene by Dmitrii Vlasenko in the SideFX Content Library. It simulates a pile of falling books with Vellum cloth, then assembles and lights the shot in…
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Free Houdini 20.5 HDA: Easy Flipbook for OBJ and Solaris (Danny Laursen)
Danny Laursen shares two HDAs that make rendering flipbooks easier, one for the OBJ context and one for Solaris, and gives a short tutorial on each.
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Free Houdini Files: Solaris Essentials Ep.17 MaterialX BSDFs (SideFX)
These free Houdini project files belong to the Solaris Essentials series by Adam Swaab, published on SideFX's official Houdini channel; episode 17 covers MaterialX BSDFs.
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Free Houdini 19.5 HIP: Spaceship Rising from Desert Sand Grain Sim
This free Houdini 19.5 hip file comes from a Japanese YouTube channel devoted to USD and VFX pipeline explanations, accompanying a breakdown of a Shorts clip in which a spaceship rises out of desert sand.
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Free Houdini 19.5 Course Files: Water FX Stormy Seas FLIP Ocean (SideFX)
SideFX publishes these free project files for Water FX | Stormy Seas, a 16-hour intermediate course by Diogo Guerreiro made in Houdini 19.5.
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Free Houdini 19.5 HIP: Karma XPU Render Anything Setup, Solaris
Model What You See offers this free Houdini 19.5 hip file from the tutorial Karma XPU: Render anything. The scene is a Karma XPU render setup in Solaris that shows how to render geometry, points and curves, each of…
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Free Houdini 19.5 HIP: Karma XPU Beta and MaterialX Shading (Entagma)
Entagma provides this free Houdini 19.5 project file from part 2 of its New in Houdini 19.5 series, focused on the Karma XPU beta.
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