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HOUDINI DOCUMENTATION When you install Houdini, you also install online help that includes documentation and a library of example files which are used to illustrate key tools and techniques. If …

Houdini is a 3D procedural software for modeling, rigging, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering in film, TV, advertising and video game pipelines.

How to upgrade commercial licenses to Houdini 21.0? How to upgrade Indie licenses to Houdini 21.0? How do I install Apprentice licenses in Houdini 21.0? How do I generate license diagnostic …

Follow the steps above to provide the support team with the License Diagnostic. Attach any crash logs generated. If Houdini will stay open long enough, attach the reported machine information. Please …

For visual effects studios, game studios and 3D artists who want to maximize their investment in Houdini, the Annual Upgrade Plan provides key advantages such as production-level technical …

Houdini is built from the ground up to be a procedural system that empowers artists to work freely, create multiple iterations and rapidly share workflows with colleagues.

Ensure that any antivirus/security software on the computer is allowing communication between the HoudiniServer (hserver/hserver.exe) client and HoudiniLicenseServer (sesinetd/sesinetd.exe) server …

How to use the online help and document your own tools.