What are the limits of the free version of Houdini FX? What are some good ways to export files from Houdini? What are nodes in Houdini and what are some good ways to use them? I have been working with Houdini and Maya for the past couple of years as a hobby and I really enjoy it. What kind of education should I pursu. read more
Houdini can read .sdl files but cannot write them. Houdini only imports spline surface geometry (and instances of spline surfaces), and the name of each patch and shader is imported. It does not import colors and texture coordinates. read more
If you have a format that you would like to be able to read and/or write, you can write a converter from your file format to the equivalent native Houdini format and/or a converter from the equivalent native format to your format. Then, add an entry to the appropriate IO table in $HFS/houdini/support. read more