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Houdini for Beginners 101

Name: Houdini for Beginners 101
Price: 30.00 USD
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This course focuses on teaching the fundamentals of Houdini for absolute beginners to create captivating designs

Mümün Keser

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4 courses5.0

SideFX Houdini

About this workshop

Houdini is a powerful software that allows users to create highly complex models in a remarkably short time and has recently attracted increasing interest from architects. This course is designed for beginners and design enthusiasts who want to start learning Houdini.

The course serves as an introduction to the intricate and captivating world of Houdini, guiding participants in creating complex workflows and integrating them into an architectural context. The primary goal is to familiarise each student with the user interface, master basic and advanced techniques, and develop efficient working practices within the software.

The focus of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of procedural modeling and its workflow. Students will learn how to work with algorithms to not only achieve complexity but also to enhance any given geometry. In addition, the course will highlight the key differences between traditional and procedural modeling approaches.

What you will learn

Learn procedural modeling through node-based workflows in Houdini.
Develop complex geometries with variations using procedural techniques.
Explore core features like DOPS, VELLUM, and solvers for dynamic systems.
Refine models for finalization and visualization.

Methodology

Through hands-on experience, participants will gain a solid understanding of node-based procedural modeling in Houdini and explore a wide range of geometry and surface-based functionalities. The course will comprehensively introduce most of Houdini's built-in features, such as VOPS, VEX, DOPS, VELLUM, and Loops.

In addition, we will see how to finalize and refine the geometry we create to prepare it for export or rendering in other software.

By the end of the course, students will be able to work comfortably with Houdini, develop their own procedural applications and models that can be adapted for different tasks and purposes.

Through procedural techniques, they will discover methods for creating geometries with countless variations. The goal for them is to experience the importance of careful planning and design, which is required not only for the project but also for the workflow itself.

Program of the course:

Session-00 - Introduction to Houdini and Procedural Modelling - 40 min
Session-01 - Attributes & Groups - 30 min
Session-02 - VOPS & VEX - 45 min
Session-03 - Loops - 40 min
Session-04 - Solvers and DOPS - 60 min
Session-05 - VELLUM - 45 min
Session-06 - FINAL 60 min
001 - Test Project
002 - additional Tips

Knowledge Requirements

What you should already know or have ready before you start, experience, tools, and any baseline skills the instructors expect. Scan the list below so nothing catches you off guard.

No previous knowledge of the software is required. You will learn everything in the course.

Course Content

12 Lessons

Important Notes

The “Houdini for Beginners 101” course by PAACADEMY has a total of 12 Sessions
Each session and the entire course is recorded, and videos will be available for participants right away.
PAACADEMY will provide a certificate of attendance.

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Software & tools

SideFX Houdini

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Instructors

Mümün Keser

4 Courses5.0

As an architect, speculative artist and computational designer from Austria, Mümün Keser places himself in the bridge between real and virtual and tries to intertwine these two opposing areas. He is known for his interests in data-driven design techniques and experimental spatial investigations. His most recent works contain various series of architectural designs that are mainly concerned with bringing media into architectural expression and the search for contradictory processes that lead not only to a design outcome, but also to particular experiences.

He received his master’s degree from the University of Innsbruck and is currently under contract as a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Experimental Architecture and Building Construction under Prof. Marjan Colletti and Prof. Karolin Schmidbaur. In addition, he works as a freelance designer, educator and artist. He held workshops for numerous people in various fields for many different organisations and universities such as University of Innsbruck, IAAC Barcelona, UCL Bartlett London and Futurly. Furthermore he had the opportunity to exhibit his works in major cities like New York City, Berlin, Miami, Vienna, Istanbul, and Tokyo.

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