Houdini Procedural Plant Animation Tool

Houdini Procedural Plant Animation Tool

Generate procedural and basic ambient plant animations using this Houdini tool.

How to use:

1. Save the tool inside your .../Documents/houdini20.5/otls folder (or the corresponding folder for your Houdini version).
2. Once loaded, simply connect your plant geometry to the first input and start tweaking the parameters.

For a more detailed explanation on how to use the tool, please refer to the following YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d53Cc0MiIw

DISCLAIMER

This is not a tool for close-up shots or plant interactions. Its purpose is to create basic ambient animations to avoid having static plants.

It won’t perform any type of collision, either within the plant itself or with external elements.

This was done intentionally to ensure near real-time performance and avoid time-dependency.

Features planned for future updates (still a work in progress):

- Directional wind animations.

- Instancing workflow.

- Currently works with plants that have a stem/leaf structure. However, it may not function properly with more complex hierarchies like stem/stem/flower structures (unless you get lucky tweaking parameters). The goal is to develop a more general workflow that supports a wider range of plant types.

Note: Please do not purchase this product if you are new to Houdini or lack a basic understanding of the software. This is not a tutorial.

Enjoy! :)