Houdini Assets



Rock Generator 2.7

Rock Generator

Buy v2.7 (latest) on Gumroad

Buy v2.4 (old) on Orbolt

Buy v1.7 (old) on Orbolt

Video (v1.5)

Example 1

Example 2

This is a SOP node that generates rock geometry with UV coordinates and a material.

The procedure is as follows (each step can be turned on/off):

  • Select a base shape, either a sphere, a randomly generated shape or use input geometry.
  • Transform the base shape.
  • Apply remeshing and smoothing.
  • Displace the base shape with various noises. There are five different types of displacements that can be applied and each type can use multiple types of noises.
  • Add details such as small rocks or crystals on the rock surface.
  • Apply an additional transform.
  • Apply additional remeshing and smoothing.
  • Apply polygon reduction.
  • Create UV coordinates.
  • Apply a final transform.
  • Apply a procedural material which can also be baked to a file.

The material is provided as a separate SOP node since it needs access to the geometry to calculate some attributes used by the material.

Version: 2.7

Date: 22 March 2020

Supported Houdini version: 16 and later

The asset is provided as either a locked/blackboxed HDA (the nodes inside cannot be viewed/edited) or unlocked (editable) HDA file and can be used in Houdini FX, Core, Indie and Apprentice.

Price:

  • Locked HDA: $5
  • Unlocked HDA: $10

You may download a trial version from Orbolt before buying if you prefer. However please note that the version on Orbolt is currently not the latest, so please buy from Gumroad instead. Future updates to the asset will always be posted on Gumroad first.

License:

  • You may use the asset for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
  • The locked/blackboxed (non-editable) asset file is licensed for one user. The file is not locked to a specific computer and may be copied if needed.
  • The unlocked (editable) asset file may be used by multiple users at the same company, however it is appreciated if one file is purchased per user.
  • You may not make the asset file available for download elsewhere, by itself or as part of another asset or project.

Note: the video is from version 1.5 and a lot of improvements and changes have been done since then.

If you have any questions, feature requests or bug reports please contact me.

2020-03-22