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Procedural Tree Growth Using L-systems in Houdini

This tutorial introduces us to using L-systems within a procedural scene set up to make a group of growing trees. Software required: Houdini 11.0.

Advanced
2h 27m
(5)

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Last Updated Mar 12, 2019

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Procedural Tree Growth Using L-systems in Houdini

This tutorial introduces us to using L-systems within a procedural scene set up to make a group of growing trees. Software required: Houdini 11.0.

Advanced
2h 27m
(5)

Created by

Last Updated Mar 12, 2019

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This tutorial introduces us to using L-systems within a procedural scene set up to make a group of growing trees. In this tutorial we will learn the basics of using L-systems with turtle functions, randomness, gravity and metaballs to sculpt the set. Our system will then be run to create a small forest of growing trees. Software required: Houdini 11.0.

Procedural Tree Growth Using L-systems in Houdini
Advanced
2h 27m
(5)
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