Just a small contribution...
I just saw in a few tutorials on instancing, that the authors copied their objects to be instanced, and then dived inside, just to make small adjustments, to get different Objects.
My $0.02 on this:
Create an Attribute Wrangle on Details with this VEX code
string meParent=opfullpath(".."); // This gets the name of the "parent" object int meSeed=opdigits(meParent); // Here we get the numbers after the object's name // Now we save our values in the detail attributes for later use s@meParent=meParent; i@meObjId=meSeed;
and then anywhere you need "randomized" Values to modify you object use this expression in the input field
fit(rand(detail("../SeedSrc/","Seed",0)),0,1,0,6)
Now you just rename the
geo1to geo_1234and you have set the seed for this object to 1234. Now you can copy this object, and Houdini automagically increases this number. If you do not dislike the result with this new seed, just change the numbers part and you are done !Just my $0.02 as said before...
Hope this helps somehow save a few clicks...