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Houdini to UE5 Niagara 101
Set up the plugins First, make sure your sidefx lab is installed and up to date in Houdini Then, download the Houdini niagara plugin for...

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Apr 27, 20222 min read


Copy Paste Between DCC
OD_CopyPasteExternal Easily copying and pasting of geometry and common attributes across 3D Applications, perfect for quick iterations...

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Mar 5, 20221 min read


Houdini sideFX Lab>UE4> Labs Unreal Groom Export Node
Unreal groom export node For testing, I created a simple groom on the pig head. Find the hair generate node Link the Hair to strand, link...

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Jan 25, 20221 min read


UE4 hair groom alembic set up notes
Make sure to turn on the Groom and Alembic Groom Importer plugin, Niagara Project setting: Support Compute Skin Cache...

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Jan 25, 20221 min read


Unreal Engine Tips
Going to collect all little tips about UE4 here. ___________________________________________________________________ Outline Display the...

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Jan 6, 20223 min read
UE4工程规范
https://github.com/skylens-inc/ue4-style-guide/blob/master/README.md

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Dec 7, 20211 min read


launch Maya in Python 2
The default python version for Maya2022 is Python 3 Quick way to change it to Python 2 Right-click on the icon, select the properties,...

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Nov 15, 20211 min read


Houdini VAT3.0: Take Maya animation to Houdini then export as VAT to UE4
The new update on the VAT3.0 allow easier workflow, less manual work on bringing in vertex animation from Houdini to UE4 Open Maya, Let's...

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Aug 19, 20212 min read


Install Houdini engine plug in to UE4.26
you can download it from the link below https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini-engine/plug-ins/unreal-plug-in/ if you already have...

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Aug 19, 20211 min read


Houdini DHA basic_The Chain Tool
I haven't been create digital asset for a while. Going through some tutorials to refresh my mind https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/houdini...

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Aug 18, 20211 min read


Blender Morph Target to UE4
Learning blender Tutorial #2 From Tesla Dev Link: https://youtu.be/r0Jlu3mI6v0 Go to modeling tab select face model Extrude the face top...

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Aug 18, 20211 min read


Getting Animation from blender to UE4
I'm a Blender Noob learning the basic today. Following are Notes from Gordon Vart's tutorial Link: https://youtu.be/AEmz-1RQDoQ setting...

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Aug 18, 20212 min read
Enable Maya viewport Anti-aliasing
import pymel.core as pm hdrg = pm.PyNode("hardwareRenderingGlobals") try: hdrg.multiSampleEnable.set(1) except: print("Anti-aliasing...

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Aug 7, 20211 min read


Unreal Engine Animation Fundamental
Overview Skeleton Skeletal mesh Animation clips: Animation sequence, animMontage, Blend space Animation Blueprint: Event graph, AnimGraph...

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Jun 8, 20213 min read


Notes on Lumen-UE5
Project setting open your project setting>Rendering Tab Global illumination Tab Set Global illumination to Lumen Reflection Tab Set...

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Jun 8, 20211 min read


UE4 Python Plugin
Goal: To create a simple importer with UE4 python ___________________________________________________________________________ Enable...

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Jun 8, 20211 min read


Animations from Maya to Unity
Overview Exporting animations from Maya Importing animations into Unity Setting up an Animation Controller in Unity...

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Jun 7, 20212 min read


Rig your Biped Character with Advanced Skeleton Tool
Full body and facial rig In my humble opinion, as a rigging artist, there are two rigging tools you must know, one is Animation & Rigging...

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May 7, 20213 min read


UE4 Car Configurator Devlopment Diary
To make a Car configurator, we need a car I decide to purchase a model from CG trader.com In General, When choosing or modeling 3d...

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Apr 23, 20214 min read
Houdini Vertex Animation Texture Tool
One way to get dynamic simulation out of Houdini to Realtime Engine using Vertex Caching is to use VAT. VAT: vertex animation textures...

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Mar 22, 20211 min read
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