Houdini 17 Quicktip: (Ab)Using The UV Layout SOP For Geometry Packing

[@_-8980]

Easily one of the best tutorial channels for houdini

[@WhatIveSeenThere]

Four years old tut but still sooo good! Thanks so much, guys for all your effort in sharing and educating. ❤

[@sanzliot]

I have been trying to figure out how to do this in any software for literally years... thanks!!!

[@MissEldira]

*laughs in houdini* this is why I love this program. I did not think about the UV attribute maybe accepting P but it is obvious that it would because that is how houdini thinks. I will have to think about a fun way to use this in my projects. I will remember to check other nodes for such options now!

[@ABlackbirdCalledSue]

this is brilliant! I had no idea about this method.... I had been trying to write some VEX to do this kind of stuff, but with less than stellar results!

[@omerkunul]

Very effective way. Thanks for your inspiring methods.

[@Kate-Tea]

Great for Greeble!

[@evanlane1690]

Yer ah wizard, Harry!

[@halloo20halloo]

Great! Thank You.

[@RajuMon2016]

This is awesome

[@bentonleroy5627]

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[@cooperkane4077]

@Benton Leroy I watch on Flixzone. You can find it on google =)

[@songpeng]

pretty cool! thanks

[@dj_multiple_one]

awesome

[@sunhin1997]

I tried this method to pack some boxes on a plan with irregular shape. I have an initial normal and up vector for my boxes to indicate their orientation. However, I found that after I have packed, the normal wouldn't update even their orientation has changed. Do you have any ideas how to fix that?