Hi..
I own a license for Hescape and would like a better understanding of particle rendering.
Hescape does not have Pops, that said it does have a particle Sop.
Unfortunately SideFX does not provide ANY documentation/tutorials/advice
on using the particle Sop. All tutorials I have found refer to using Pops.

I would be gratefull if anyone could direct me in the right direction, I guess a better
understanding of Pops would help me, but I would really like to know what the
Particle Sop is capable of.

I do realise that Houdini is a complex beast and the combination of
of the tools is endless (a good and powerfull feature), for this reason
it would be usefull for SideFX to produce short 1min-2min video tuts
on the basic usage and potential of these endless tools, the help pages
simply state what they do…


The Particle operation creates and controls motion of particles for
particle system simulations.

Parameters:

State
Behavior - Type of operation to perform.
Point Reuse - How to reuse the points from the input geometry.

NOTE:
Please don't sue me for this copy and paste…
No disrespect intended…

Anyway…
Err…
So how do I use it…?
Talk about a turn off and a steep learning curve…..

Regards
Tom