Sword Generator Houdini Digital Asset

This Houdini digital asset (.hda) generates a wide range of swords and knives as well as certain types of spears or polearms based on user parameters.

The main purpose of this asset is to combine all the steps involved in creating a sword model into one procedural asset.

I have released a new version which includes new features, UI improvements and an example project:

• Created an example project using PDG/TOPS which allows users to automate the generation of a vast amount of variations and render them to contact sheet.
• More subdivision friendly topology with built in crease controls and better bevels
• Improved Clipped point and a false edge options which enable the modelling of a greater range of knives(for example Bowie knife)
• Improved the usability of many parameters to make them resolution independent, so the overall polygon density can be adjusted at any time in the process.

The new version requires any version of Houdini 18 or later to run. It works with any license type including the free apprentice license. For Houdini 17 the older version is still available.

This .hda is not black-boxed to allow modification and learning from the internals of the asset.

In the new version the topology is greatly improved and every effort has been create a robust procedural mode however. Due to the extreme amount of variations that can be generated and many user controlled parameters results of this asset may vary in quality. Additionally manual editing may still be required for ideal production ready topology and UVs.

I will be improving on this asset over time and adding more features.

Any questions, feedback or bugs let me know.