[Houdini]RBD (Rigid Body Dynamics) Notes
keywords: Houdini, RBD (Rigid Body Dynamics), Destruction Solver, Voronoi Fracturing
Usages
Breakdown
RBD = Debris + Dust + Smoke
Example: Houdini Wall Crack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Po_QX7B4qA
How to cache simulation data
How to clean RBD simulation cache
Tutorials
Comprehensive Destruction
Houdini Crack Effect
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/ahzzC
Houdini Crack Effect ( Hip File )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBbLYAXNmHA
CGCircuit Houdini Crack Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcDGEzyN6cI
Rebelway: Ground Impact in Houdini Tutorial (Series Part 1) (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlA7KaFpwDA
Ground Breaking Interaction
https://www.cgcircuit.com/tutorial/ground-breaking-interaction
Applied Houdini - Rigids V. A string of dynamic laser blasts! (Series Part 1) (Recommended)
https://www.cgcircuit.com/tutorial/applied-houdini---rigids-v
Houdini Bullet Physics Tips (Recommended)
https://www.nicholas-taylor.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-ea3sa
RBD Workflows in Houdini (Recommended)
https://www.katexagoraris.com/misc-3/rbd-workflows-in-houdini
Houdini Concrete Barrier Destruction (Recommended)
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/cbshatter
Realistic Parking Lot Destruction | Beginner Houdini Tutorial (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYLW9X2BAs
RBD Material Fracture
RBD Material Fracture
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/rbdmaterialfracture.html
New RBD Workflow Tools in Houdini 18 | Nick Petit | SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRibpsJgVx0
RBD Tools Update | H17 Masterclass (UVing & texture mapping)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0iZCv-sPQ
UVing and Adding Materials to a Fractured Object in Houdini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLCt5C7dg4g
Houdini | RBD Material Fracture Geometry Node
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBd9rpqaGsc
Let’s Learn Houdini : Destruction with RBD Material Fracture, RBD Configure and RBD Bullet Solver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXaBMM7rOqY
GAME TOOLS | STATIC FRACTURE EXPORT
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/game-tools-static-fracture-export/
Fracturing Geometry by Material Types with RBD Tools in Houdini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXLYZCLPgA
Interior Detail & Noise Displacement using RBD Tools in Houdini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGrNuBGnz8
Houdini ground destruction tutorial (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biDQAmqiGgI
ground destruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf40hKdHEM0
Houdini Ground Fracture RBD Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnO2kbXNE8
Houdini fracturing debris smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd35srpVpYw
Destruction + Explosion FX (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GApcrT3Fw&list=PLXNFA1EysfYlcpfKg5fbSe76foUFCUXCc
Rigid Body Destruction // Part 1/3: RBD Bullet Solver in Houdini 18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgo2HbjGm-A
Voronoi Fracture
New in Houdini 18: RBD SOP Solver - Custom Fracturing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYelaEFmr8
Houdini 16 - Stylized Fracturing - Part 001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgJ51nsurxs
Houdini Dynamic Voronoi splitting tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09IdGqPQUGA
Real-time destruction with Houdini and Unreal || Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-cQTA30J1I
Real-time destruction with Houdini and Unreal || Tutorial Part 02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4jCYRIXuAQ
Voronoi and Boolean
VFX Essentials - Fracture Setups - Houdini Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqRqKpI-LY
Fracture Setups - Houdini File
https://voxyde.gumroad.com/l/umria
[Houdini Snippet] Convert curved Voronoi edge to straight line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DegnhkXIX2Q
VAT Baking
Vertex Animation Textures in Unreal (Recommended)
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/vertex-animation-textures-for-unreal/
BUILDING LEVELS PROCEDURALLY & VERTEX ANIMATION TEXTURES IN UNITY
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/building-levels-procedurally-vertex-animation-textures-in-unity/
Destruction fx for realtime (Vertex Animation Texture in Unreal) (Recommended)
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/destruction-fx-for-realtime/
VAT Paintsplat! | Andreas Glad | Houdini for Games (Unreal Engine, UE4)
https://vimeo.com/266717949
Pre-Baked Destruction in Unreal Engine || Houdini Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exreMc7CNiU
Lightning Strike FX (Recommended)
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/lightning-strike-attack-fx/
Houdini RBD II - Ground Destruction | Unreal Engine 5.1 (Recommended)
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/rbd2gd
Destruction Glue Constraints
Destruction Glue Constraints for Beginners in Houdini (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0H3NM0EMug
Building Constraint Networks For Rigid Body Simulations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7xEa1tQtT8
Houdini Tutorial: Breaking Glue with Forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRJcGFuPXU
How to Break a Wall in 3D | Colliding with poly mesh (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52QElhjVtYg
Wall Destruction Tutorial (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U9WQL79tWU
Houdini Wall Destruction
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/rbdiwd
Control Destruction with Force Fields in Houdini Simulations | Spherical Vector Field (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH-GnpAaLhI
Hard constraint R&D (HIP file included) (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htotUW39itw
BoomBox and BustDuster Bundle - Houdini HDA (Recommended)
https://whatifound.gumroad.com/l/RBDbundle
Disintegration
Applied Houdini - Particles IV. Large particle sims of physical object instances!
https://www.cgcircuit.com/tutorial/applied-houdini---particles-iv
Animated Fracturing
Houdini - fracturing animated object
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/GJQSi
Using Animated Objects in the RBD Bullet Solver in Houdini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfoBAJpnDo
Particle Simulation
Houdini 20 Pop Solver SOP: advanced control over particle simulation (Recommended)
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/popsolver
Unreal Houdini Engine
How do I assign my HDA with multiple material elements for Unreal to see?
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/49570/
How to Realtime - VFX / Sphere Break TUTORIAL PART 1 using Houdini and Unreal engine (bake RBD to skeletal mesh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVgKpOYo-4Q
Examples
Destruction (debris, dust, smoke)
Destruction of a brick wall, Houdini 19 + hip file, Redshift 3 render. (Recommended)
https://kakazyka.gumroad.com/l/soswr
Houdini Crack Effect (Recommended)
https://vfxmagic.gumroad.com/l/ahzzC
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