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Hi there,

I think the node-based approach to compositing and shading is really a great enhancement to Blender. But are there any developments right now to go a step further and maybe enable node-based modelling, particle engines, physics, game engine?

So, in other words: How would you like it if Blender becomes a bit more like Houdini?

Cheers,
Stereotyp

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Node based modeling? what?

Well, there is some work done for node based modifiers and node based particles. Dunno how that is turning out…
Not sure about anything else, but I believe many things will move to nodes eventually. I’d really love to see driver nodes replace the current driver system. :stuck_out_tongue:

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hmm node based moddeling? :spin::spin::spin:

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http://download.sidefx.com/images/stories/blogs/houdini9_blog/NodeWorkflow/procedural_forest.mov

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Isn’t that the same thing as node based modifiers? Seems so.

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yes, blender must be change
we need a totally new blender

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Are there node based modifiers in Blender? I haven’t found anything like that… but I’m quite new to Blender, so could be that I missed something.

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Not yet there aren’t.
But there’s a wip.

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lol. long live Endi

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…is that you, Endi? :eyebrowlift2:

Anyway, node-based modifiers sounds pretty interesting! I mean, I like the Stack the way it is, I find it nice and clear, but maybe using nodes as an alternate way to display them could work too (similar to how the Oops Schematic/Outliner-tree worked in 2.4x…unless of course I’m not remembering it correctly)

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Is there some information about this WIP anywhere? I would like to add my 2 cents… :wink:

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my impressions after watching that forest tutorial:

  1. houdini seems really powerful, but also very tricky to use, being its interface full of commands and menus everywhere. the guy also had to type a tiny string of code to get a random rotation!
  2. a node system for blender modifiers would make the job. it would allow at least two cool things: sharing modifiers-nodegroups all-through scenes and files, and creating customized interfaces (just like in the houdini tutorial) for nodegroups, with just few parameters exposed to control the object
  3. blender needs more modifiers!!!
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3D NODES! Anyone?

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Rhino has Grasshopper for node 3D modeling.

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Grasshopper is awesome! You should try it. Its possible to download a 30 day free trial of Rhino and grasshopper is free.

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It is awesome but is not for animation. Softimage’s ICE is amazing, I haven’t played too much with it but you can do almost everything (modeling, rigging, particles, etc) with nodes so you can do much more complex stuff.

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+over9000!!!

Of course, you can just use the Copy Modifiers command for a group of selected objects, but having multi-user modifiers would ROCK :ba:

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