What are some good way to figure the use of nodes in Houdini?

In the network editor, choose Edit ▸ Find or press ⌃ Ctrl + F or / . Type names or name patterns to search for in the text box at the top of the dialog. Turn on Ignore case to do case-insenstive matches. As you type, matching nodes appear in the table at the bottom of the dialog. read more

Nodes are everything in Houdini. Any operation you want to do is a node really. I don't know what to say about 'what are some good ways to use them' because every node has it's purpose. read more

Let me show you how to quickly create reference nodes in Houdini. By the way, the reason I’m repeating the title is because the cool kids say it’s good for SEO. Go figure. read more

Houdini is really great for modeling anything AS LONG as you can figure out a procedural way of representing it. I love the infinite history as well, and I find myself wishing some of houdini's flexibility in other software packages. But I still find it terribly messy for poly-modeling. read more