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Procedurally Performant Patterns

Name: Procedurally Performant Patterns
Price: 102.00 EUR
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

This workshop focuses on using Houdini for procedural design of performance-driven patterns in Footwear and Industrial Design, from CAD processing to prototyping.

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Date:

Mar 22, 23, 2025

Duration:

8 Hours

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Language:

English

Certificate:

Yes

Registration:

€102.00

Tutor:

David Burpee

Members:

86.70 EUR (27.75%) discount

Recordings:

Available Indefinitely

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Introduction of the workshop:

A dynamic and flexible approach leveraging Procedural Design of performance-driven patterns in SideFX Houdini for Footwear and Industrial Design Applications.

This workshop will establish a complete workflow from processing and importing CAD geometry, Algorithmic pattern design, rendering, animation, and export for Additive prototyping using SideFX Houdini.

What You’ll Learn?

Contexts, operators, and attributes within Houdini

Interoperability between CAD and Mesh workflows

Concepts for Algorithmic Design

Processing and exporting geometry for Additive Prototyping

Procedural material creation

Rendering in Houdini / Karma

Methodology:

The workshop will provide an introduction to concepts within Houdini, such as the various contexts, operator types, attributes, and textual programming. We will cover a few common methodologies for interoperability between CAD and Mesh geometry workflows, including best practices for importing CAD geometry and preparing Mesh topology for downstream design processes.

This workshop will explore methods to integrate and combine multiple algorithms used in the design and creation of dynamic patterns used for outsole design, midsole or sidewall design in footwear, and other industrial design applications. We will include both visual and textual programming methodologies for advanced pattern creation.

This workshop will integrate performance data as an input to drive differentiation within pattern design, allowing patterns to adapt to various performance conditions. We will go beyond geometry creation, providing insight into leveraging the interconnected environment of Houdini to create procedural textures for product visualization and animation purposes. We will cover a basic rendering setup within Houdini utilizing the Karma rendering engine and some basic lighting, camera, and animation setups.

Finally, the workshop will provide an introduction to outputting geometry from Houdini for Additive prototyping. Ultimately, this workshop will take participants through a singular workflow covering multiple aspects of computational design in products and footwear, from design to visualization and beyond, highlighting Houdini's combinatory power within these domains.

What You’ll Use?

SideFX Houdini

Karma Renderer

Highlights:

Content

Introduction + PAACADEMY Updates (08:16)

Procedural Patterns Introduction (14:30)

Introduction to Procedural Pattern Design

This session introduces the fundamentals of using Houdini for procedural pattern design, emphasizing performance-driven workflows for footwear and industrial design.

Houdini Setup and Preparation (16:52)

Houdini Interface for Procedural Modeling

This session demonstrates the setup of Houdini's interface, file organization, and preparing imported geometry for procedural pattern creation, scaling, and modular workflow.

Houdini Geometry Preparation Techniques (17:36)

Scaling, remeshing, and UV Mapping

This session covers scaling, mesh topology optimization, and UV projection in Houdini, focusing on preparing clean and efficient geometry for pattern creation and 3D printing applications.

Houdini Pattern Control Setup (58:24)

Houdini groups, attributes, pressure mapping

This session covers how to set up groups, attributes, and pressure maps in Houdini to control point displacement for generating custom patterns on midsole geometry.

VEX Pattern Tool Creation (57:13)

Houdini VEX Pattern Generation Tool

This session demonstrates creating a pattern generation tool in Houdini using VEX by setting up a basic geometry, applying point attributes, and manipulating noise functions to achieve customized results.

Geometry Manipulation in Houdini (56:32)

Geometry Manipulation and Animation Techniques

This session demonstrates how to manipulate geometries in Houdini using nodes, including transform nodes, switches, file caches, and rendering setups, covering animation techniques and preparing geometries for 3D printing.

Procedural Pattern Design (22:26)

Houdini Pattern Creation and Control

This session focuses on building a new pattern typology in Houdini using point scattering and VEX coding, aiming to control pattern density with pressure maps.

Generative Pattern Techniques (57:24)

Generative Design Pattern Creation

This session explores generative design concepts, focusing on point scattering techniques, nearest point calculations, and creating intricate patterns through computational methods.

Curve-Based Pattern Control (19:50)

Curve-Controlled Pattern Generation Techniques

This session focuses on enhancing pattern control in Houdini using curve-driven directionality, attribute painting for selective pattern application, and preparing for rendering and 3D print processing.

Houdini Rendering Workflow Tutorial (56:47)

Houdini Rendering with Karma XPU

This session demonstrates a setup for rendering animated 3D geometry using Houdini’s Solaris and Karma XPU rendering engine. focusing on geometry preparation, lighting setup, material assignment, and camera management for efficient product rendering.

Houdini Rendering Essentials (33:25)

Houdini Animation and Rendering Techniques

This session demonstrates setting up animations, rendering, material blending, and post-processing techniques within Houdini, focusing on efficient workflows and procedural control.

Houdini 3D Printing Insights (43:40)

Houdini Printing Techniques Guide

This session covers preparing 3D models for 3D printing in Houdini, detailing mesh-to-VDB conversion, smoothing techniques, adaptive remeshing, exporting formats, and strategies for creating footwear patterns.

Instructors:

David Burpee

Biography

David is a multidisciplinary Computational Design Leader from the PNW working across a broad spectrum of disciplines including Footwear, Apparel, Consumer Goods, Automotive, Medical, and Architectural Industries. He has delivered Advanced Computational Design, strategy, and training for companies such as Nike, FILA, PUMA, General Motors, EQLZ, Harry’s Razors, and more. He has over a decade of experience with a variety of products and projects in the market as evidence to the efficacy and broad applicability of his approach, methodology, creativity, and design thinking capabilities. He has built a variety of tools, workflows, and processes, used both internally and externally, for several of these companies. Originally an Architectural Designer, David holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Southern California. He worked in the highrise and supertall domains with projects in Jakarta, the Philippines, China, as well as domestically in Los Angeles and greater Seattle areas. He leveraged Computational Design broadly in the Architectural industry on projects ranging from 1000+ foot tall towers, both built and speculative work for competitions, small installations, key architectural features, and many others. David has a personal interest in biomimicry, generative and emergent systems, and bio-algorithmic design. He seeks to leverage advanced Computational Design to drive innovation in pursuit of realizing high-performance, creative, and sustainable solutions to the profound ecological and social challenges of our time. David is currently an independent Computational Designer and guest lecturer at the University of Washington MArch program.

This course is part of a bundle:

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Footwear Design Bundle

The Footwear Design Bundle combines three workshops on parametric design and 3D printing, teaching advanced techniques for creating innovative, high-performance footwear.

€350.00 €280.00

Reviews:

Guest tlxCKc 2025-03-24 13:54:28

David shares a lot of knowledge, techniques, and covers a ton of ground in Houdini.

Rares Manolache 2025-03-25 11:43:36

Amazing workshop! Learned a lot!

€120.00