Modeler 2022 for Houdini has been released with a redesigned plugin core and improved user experience for tablet users. Improvements include:
- Modeling tools and Houdini shelf tools are collected in the Python panel. This panel has a Favorites section for storing user scripts and shelf tools.
- When Modeler is activated, a new toolbar, called Viewbar, appears above the viewport to speed up modeling on tablets
- Modeler no longer has its own shelves
- Any Modeler Python panel button can be associated with hotkey
- The Houdini window can be made translucent for modeling on top of images from the operation system desktop
- Pen double-clicking in the viewport works naturally, as opposed to standard behaviour
- The viewport camera can be manipulated with the right mouse button
- Modeler now has only one radial menu which contains the most important direct modeling and retopology tools. In addition to hotkeys, it can be shown with the right mouse button.
- To repeat the EdgeLoop viewport state, you can click the left mouse button
- Selection tools can now modify components in the reselect mode of SOP node
- New Group Hard Edges tool selects hard edges easily
- As part of improved work on tablet devices, empty selection is now perceived by tools as whole selection
- Removed the Drop Selection tool (Escape key). Instead, you need to use component selection modes: points, edges, and polygons.
- PolyPen has new modeling features and is better adapted for use on tablets
- Push renamed to Magnet
- New Polygons tool allows to quickly draw polygons or perform retopology.
- Extrude, Bevel, and Bridge now use standard Houdini nodes
- New Bevel Pro tool creates bevels with variable radius
- To constraint middle mouse button transformation (Grab state), you can click the left or right button while moving the mouse
- Modeler has its own VDB Remesh node and tool
- Hose has been improved
- QPrimitive node now has an input connector intended for automatic orientation and
scaling, like standard primitive nodes - Primitives can be created in the same geometry container
- The Fill tool rebuilds selected polygons with the new Quadrify node
- Preview Subdivided has an additional mode to display SubD isolines
- New UDIM Export node is useful for easy creation of complex UV maps
Source: CGPress
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