Saturday, August 30, 2014

Software Technology

The purpose of this class was to take me out of my comfort zone and force me to use a variety of different workflows in different software packages. I used Softimage XSI and Houdini FX.
I used softimage for modeling parts of a  fence that I would later use in Houdini to create a customizable fence that could be modified for an environment on the fly. I also used Softimage XSI to model a vehicle. I chose to model a Jeep Wrangler.






I found that Houdini can be much more useful for procedural modeling purposes and simulation. I created a variety of models that were pretty easy to finish quickly in houdini, but would have taken a long time to do in Maya.








The simulation projects that I did were some dominoes, a marble machine, and I used my vehicle model and crashed it through a wall. I also created a customizable earthquake crack tool that can be animated.












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