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heydabop
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Is there any sort of mathematical formula behind the Houdini icon?

As I'm writing this I think I might have found it. Is it an Archimedean spiral with the formula r = a + bθ? If so, what might a and b be?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedean_spiral [en.wikipedia.org]

Also, what is the center's offset from the middle of the orange square?
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No, it's much more interesting.
You've heard of Freemasons and other historical organizations?

The symbol is a celtic spiral and Kim and Greg are members of an ancient celtic druid society.
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I suppose that's possible….I'm a little skeptical though.

But is it possible to make a larger version of the icon? I've seen a “splatter” one in the GDC Demo Reel.
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Spiral logos are cool. All the cool kids are doing it. You should do it too.
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Hey, how in hell did Cosmo Software (one of my all time favourite 3d apps.) get on that list and not Houdini/Sesi? SGI stopped developing it in the mid 90's :roll:
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Spiral logos are cool. All the cool kids are doing it. You should do it too.
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I'd like to, but I don't know how to make the Houdini one.
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–> line SOP origin: 0 .4 0
Distance .19

–> copy SOP rotate: 0 0 -5.7
Scale 1 .98 1
Number of Copies: 130

–> skin SOP
–> DONE
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chrism
Spiral logos are cool.

Chris, you forgot this one of course!

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–> line SOP origin: 0 .4 0
Distance .19

–> copy SOP rotate: 0 0 -5.7
Scale 1 .98 1
Number of Copies: 130

–> skin SOP
–> DONE
I'll try that next chance I get. Thanks.


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Spiral logos are cool.

Chris, you forgot this one of course!
The snake eyes in it make it about 10x cooler. That also used to be my icon on Mario Kart DS, heh…
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–> line SOP origin: 0 .4 0
Distance .19

–> copy SOP rotate: 0 0 -5.7
Scale 1 .98 1
Number of Copies: 130

–> skin SOP
–> DONE

It doesn't look much like the Houdini Spiral. More like Debian.
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