Re: OT: Houdini cluster materials

[Jason S]

Does it internally reinterpret duplicates (or hold in memory and scene description) the entire object as many times as there are local "sub-object" attibutes? (like Maya?) Which defeats the purpose of using merged objects as optimization method (despite Maya having a --not that much of an-- easier time dealing with large object counts) Because apart how soft can handle many-many polys at a time, (especially so today comparatively) you can very easily treat sub-objects (clusters) as just regular objects assinging properties like materials, visibility, ... selecting, transforming and sorting them in groups, therefore quite a bit further amplifying that maximum reach in scene complexity while remaining humanly manage-ably workable. (benefit also very much applicable for non-insanely-complex scenes) On 03/10/15 5:50, Gerbrand Nel wrote: Thanks man.. it really is that simple!! On 10/03/2015 06:16, Christopher Crouzet wrote: There's a `Material` node in the SOP context to apply different materials on a same object. You can insert it before you merge your objects or apply it to different groups. On 10 March 2015 at 11:09, Gerbrand Nel <nagv...@gmail.com> wrote: Hey guys Quick houdini question. In soft I can make cluster for materials. In houdini I always end up with some merged thing with multiple objects in there. As far as I can tell, we assign materials at the object level, but what do I do if I want different materials for the different things that makes up my object? I know this is a RTFM question, but the FM is thick, and I'm lazy Thanks G -- Christopher Crouzet http://christophercrouzet.com