Houdini HDA : MDA Barrel maker
The MDA Barrel maker HDALC, is a HDA suitable for use in Houdini Indie.
An ASB (American Standard Barrel) oak barrel maker. Used in both the Bourbon and Scottish whisky industries. The defaults will give you a standard ASB barrel, but this HDA is flexible enough to make barrels with the shape and size you choose. It offers control over bilge - the swelling at the centre of the barrel - (positive or negative), hoop width and position, stave disturbance, heads (the ends of the barrel), chime chamfering, bung or bung hole and more. It also offers multiple output groups which can be used for normals and material control, as well as auto packed uv's on the barrel body and heads.
As this is a moderately high resolution asset (approx 29K polygons) with auto packed uv's, it also offers a preview mode, so the basic size, shape, and hoop set up can be adjusted fluidly with a lower resolution 'proxy version'.
MDA Barrel maker in action. Note: textures are not included.
The HDA is unlocked. Great for learning if you are new to Houdini.
You'll get the MDA Barrel maker HDALC, suitable for use in Houdini Indie.