Houdini 20.5 Shelf tools

Ray shelf tool

Projects one surface onto another.

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Overview

This tool is often used to drape clothes over surfaces, shrink-wrap one object with another, and other similar effects.

Using Ray

  1. Click the Ray tool on the Model tab.

  2. Select the points or primitives to project and press Enter to confirm your selection.

  3. Select the primitives to project on and press Enter to confirm your selection.

Note

This tool works best when smaller surfaces are projected onto larger surfaces.

For specific parameter help see the Ray node help.

See also

Shelf tools

Using the shelf

  • Customize the shelf

    How to change the look of the shelf, change and rearrange its contents, and create your own shelf tools.

Technical