Hello everyone,
It has been a crazy period for me these last few months, loads of work, this is why you haven’t heard any news from me, and I haven’t touched SimSOM for ages.
Since I am not seing any big openings in my schedule any time soon, I have decided:
1 – To share SimSOM with you so that you can try it and play with it. It is far from done, there are still many non implemented features, the simulation codes need improving in many areas…etc and don’t expect it to be problem/bug free, but this is how far I got with the time I had, and it would be a shame keeping it in my drawer for who know when.
2 – I wanted to ask if someone is interested in getting involved in the project to push it further, because it would be a shame stopping the work at this point. Please contact me on my email/pm if you are interested and we can discuss it.
In the attached archive, you will find a windows dll and a linux so file, both compiled against H12.1.185 x64, with many example scene files.
I would like to hear your opinions, and see any nice sims you come up with!!
If -even in this non complete state- you decided to use it for a commercial project please get in touch with me.
I guess that is all for now.

Enjoy!

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In collaboration with cmiVFX, Houdini training partner, we released an intro to particles in Houdini training course. It is a must have for everyone willing to take his first steps into Houdini’s particle system.

In this three part tutorial, I will show how to dissolve an image using Houdini particles.

For a high resolution version, please feel free to go to the tutorials page and download the videos.

Part 1: I will mainly show you how to transfer the colors from the image to the particles.

For parts 2 and 3 please click here.

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