Tying & Untying A Ribbon Knot Using Sidefx’s Houdini Vellum

Support us on Patreon: That special season of the year is creeping ever closer and you might be starting to think about gift wrapping. One important aspect of which is the decorative ribbon that goes around it. Not that we’re particularly talented at arts and crafts, but we were intrigued to see how and if a (somewhat) decorative knot was possible in Houdini using Vellum. 00:05 - Intro 00:30 - Initial Setup 02:47 - Grouping Ribbon Ends 03:27 - Vellum & Collider Configuration 06:10 - Vellum Cloth Configuration 08:39 - Setting Up pscale & restlength 11:04 - Configuring Vellum Solver 12:05 - Animation Tweaks 13:10 - Ideas For Future Tweaks 13:32 - Untying The Knot 16:55 - Infamous Last Words Download Project File: