I think I understand what you are saying. So regarding the group. You can create a group using the "group create" node and that will add the created group to the geometry spreadsheet, as you would expect. However, in the example above, I am just adding the individual points to be affected by point number (you can also just type in the point numbers into the group field in the fuse node). To my knowledge this will not create a group in the geometry spreadsheet, I suspect because there is no group name or group type information etc - plus it is not really necessary as a group name just refers to a bunch of point numbers anyway. So when you asked "Is the Fuse's "Group" section is a "point" but labeled Group?", you are basically correct with your assumption here. If you have a created group name you can refer to it here, but you can also just type in the individual point numbers - both will work. I hope this helps a little.

@@MadDogVFX Thank you so much for the clarification :)

@@Tritoon710 Not a problem. I hope this helps and good luck with it all. I know Houdini can be very complicated.

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Hello Luke.... I am a bit confused by what you mean here:"Where I"m completely stuck on is what happens when you deselect output polygons". Can you please explain what you are doing and what is happening with the result? Thanks mate.

Thank you, Raf :)

You are very welcome. Thank you so much for the motivating comment.

You can use the polyfill node also, and you will get a similar result. The sweep node does have a roundness option for ends - I am not sure if this is available in the polyfill node. A lot of it just comes down to the way that you personally like to work. In Houdini, there are usually multiple ways to get a similar or the same final result.

There is no particular reason why I did it this way. The size of the circle can be changed in both the circle node itself (the radius parameter or the uniform scale parameter) or in the additional transform node. The result in this case is the same.

Hello Rajeev..... I assume that you are talking about 0 to 5 on the grid (reference plane) on the floor in the viewport. This is the units of distance from the axis at (0, 0, 0) and I believe it is measured in metres. So if you are seeing 0 to 125 it simply means that your camera is zoomed out way too far and you need to zoom in closer. As you get closer the numbers will change to adjust to the difference in scale. The easiest way to this is just to hover over the viewport with your cursor and hit the F key on the keyboard (or possibly spacebar + F) and this should move your camera in closer by framing your scene for you. Please let me know if this fixes the problem.

Super Rajeev, and thank you for your feedback. Yes, Houdini can be super hard to understand at the beginning, so this is why I wanted to make these videos for people like yourself, so you can get started. I hope that they are helping a little.

Hmmmm.... Interesting. So I am not sure if this is possible with the add node's "by group" option. To do something like this I would probably just use VEX instead. Simple add your grid and just leave the points only, like in the tutorial. Then I would use a separate add node to add the single point (y = 1). Merge it all together. Then add some VEX code similar to this using a point wrangle node: --------------------------------- for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { addprim(0, "polyline", i, 100); } --------------------------------- This will loop over all of the points on your grid and connect a line between each point and the point at y=1 (point number 100). I am sure there must be a much easier way to do it than this. But this is how I would have done it. I hope this helps a little.

Dziękuję bardzo ;)

Thank you so much. I will do.

Thank you for your support as always. :)

You are welcome. Thank you for the comment.

Which part are you struggling with? Maybe I can help to fix it.

Thank you.

Ah yes, I also learned a lot from Hipflask so you will certainly see some overlap between Hipflask and some of the things I am explaining here, as it was one of my learning materials too. On another note, I have also recently been learning a lot from the German artist Christian Bohn. I found that his explanations on the five pillars of Houdini to be super for beginners like myself.

@@MadDogVFX Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check his materials too 🙌

@@pkay3399 This is his main website: houdini-course.com/

@@MadDogVFX Thank you. I have an account there but didn't know the instructor's name. I'm planning to subscribe. Looks like a great source, and affordable too, compared to some Certification programs which cost 600+ dollars each.

@@pkay3399 ​ Yes you are correct. So far, I have only worked through the particles and vellum courses, but I feel that I am finally understanding them. I have tried so many things to learn Houdini in the past, however, I have always struggled to get the information to sink in so that I could use it on my own projects. I am happy to now be making some positive progress. Hopefully you will also have a similar experience because Houdini seems to be a tough one to learn.

Oh yes, thank you so much for pointing that out. Much appreciated.

Point number doesn't matter as much as winding order does.

Thank you for the positive comment.

Thank you. More are on the way. :)

@@MadDogVFX is it possible to study houdini in your school?

@@no_madt Hello. Despite working as a school teacher for most of my career, I don't actually have a school. I am also just a student of Houdini (although I have been studying it for some time). So I decided to put some simple and short tutorials on here in order to help people like yourself. The idea is to eventually fill the channel with quick and easy lessons for students to access the thing they are confused about quickly and efficiently. Moving forward in the future. I am also thinking to create more in-depth lessons on subjects such as particles, vellum, VEX, RBD, fluids, pyro etc.

Thank you so much. Ah yes, the music is needed to break up the tone of my monotonous voice. :P

@@MadDogVFX Your tone of voice is great, even without the music your content would still being great! cheers

I hope that you will also like future videos.

Thank you very much. Yes, there are many more tutorials to come.

I have never used blender, but I have used Maya a lot in the past. I certainly found Maya to be much easier and faster for modelling. I have not found modelling to be one of Houdini's strengths, but it is certainly getting better over time.

You are very welcome.

You can, Sheldon, but unfortunately not without creating additional nodes. In Houdini, doing most things will create nodes, kinda like a history of what you have previously done. This is a good thing because it allows you to go back and change things later on (something which is much more difficult or sometimes impossible in other 3d applications). The only other option I have used is the "delete" node, which works in a similar way to the blast node, although the blast node is a bit more simple and faster I think.

Another option is to simply select the points you want to delete in the viewport and press delete. The blast node will automatically be created for you and the selected points deleted.

Not a problem. I am glad that they are helping a little bit. I still feel completely stupid each time I open Houdini too. :)

Thank you. I appreciate the positive comment.

Thank you for the kind comment, Julius.

I have never tried to do this with PDG yet, as I am also just a student working my way through the many layers of Houdini. But I will certainly look into it.

No problem.

I am happy to hear that it was useful.

Thank you, David.

Thank you for the positive comment.

Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I greatly appreciate it. Yes, I think that learning Houdini from zero is tough. It is obviously helpful when you can find basic tutorials to help you get started and comfortable with the software. But stick at it - it will all become worth it.

Thank you very much. I have a lot more tutorials coming out over the next few weeks.

You are very welcome. I have a lot more coming out. I hope that you will find them useful.

@@MadDogVFX I already subscribed) I am interesting to know more about for-each loops) Something in depth. For example the "block end" node have second input and I don't know what can I do with that)

@@dj_multiple_one Are you familiar with VEX? I usually create my for-each loops using VEX. There is a great video by Junichiro Horikawa on how to create for-each loops specifically with VEX here (starts at 59 minutes in the tutorial): kzbin.info/www/bejne/e36uf3hjh7yqnLs