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Explore Project Caelus, a world building project which features high level tools that are built on top of a variety of SideFX Labs tools. The Caelus project is designed to generate aqueducts, towers, buildings, and stylized terrain.

Lab Tools and Aliases used for Aqueduct tool

Labs Auto UV, Labs Symmetrize, Labs Box Clip, Labs Thicken, Labs Group by Measure, Labs UV Unwrap Cylinder, Labs Cylinder Generator, Labs UV Visualize, Labs Spiral, Labs Curve Resample by Density, Labs Boolean Curve, Labs Delete Small Parts, Labs Superformula Shapes, Labs Simple Shapes, Labs Extract Silhouette, Labs Extract Borders, Labs Edge Group to Curve, Labs Fast Group Unshared, Labs Disc Generator, Labs Split Primitives by Normal, Labs Straight Skeleton 2D, Remove Inline Points, Transform from Centroid

Lab Tools and Aliases used for Tower tool

Labs Fast Group Unshared, Labs Polyslice, Labs Extract Borders, Labs Edge Group to Polylines, Labs Edge Group to Curve, Labs Boolean Curve, Labs Symmetrize, Labs Delete Small Parts, Labs Disc Generator, Remove Inline Points, Transform from Centroid, Edge Straighten, Labs Sticker Placer, Labs Cylinder Generator, Labs Simple Shapes, Labs Thicken, Labs Split Primitives by Normal, Labs Group by Attribute, Labs Connectivity and Segmentation

Lab Tools and Aliases used for Building tool

Remove Inline Points, Labs Sort, Transform from Centroid, Labs Thicken, Labs Symmetrize, Labs Polyslice, Labs Attribute Normalize Vector, Labs Mesh Tiler, Labs Lot Subdivision, Labs Polyscalpel, Labs Edge Group to Curve, Labs Box Clip, Labs Align and Distribute, Labs Fast Group Unshared, Labs UV Unwrap Cylinder, Labs UV Transfer, Labs Cylinder Generator, Labs Dissolve Flat Edges, Labs Split Primitives by Normal, Labs Extract Borders

Lab Tools and Aliases used for Terrain tool

Labs Cylinder Generator, Labs Random Selection, Labs Mesh Sharpen, Labs Fast Remesh, Labs Physical Ambient Occlusion, Labs Measure Curvature, Labs Delete Small Parts, Labs Split Primitives by Normal, Labs Distance from Border, Labs Edge Color, Labs Calculate Slope, Labs Color Blend, Labs Attribute Normalize Float, Labs Auto UV, Labs UV Remove Overlap, Labs Maps Baker

Caelus Scene Files
1 | Introduction [1:35]
An overview of the Caelus project and an introuction to the video series.
2 | Aqueducts [29:18]
Learn how the spline-based aqueducts were set up for Caelus. The aqueducts are made from decorated modules populated over a spline with procedural pillars, cutouts, and decor.
3 | Towers [35:29]
Learn how the modular buildings were created for Caelus. Towers are generated using a unique blockout method, where generic shapes are converted into detailed, intricate towers.
4 | Buildings 1 [38:42]
Explore how the building modules of Caelus were generated. The buildings are procedural and can be dynamically adjusted, and consist of elements such as arched roofs, multiple window types, greebles, and procedural texture generation using COPs.
5 | Buildings 2 [28:26]
The buildings are assembled using the individual, procedural module pieces. Similar to the tower generator, the building generator uses simple blockout shapes to generate more intricate structures.
6 | Terrain [20:42]
Learn how the stylized terrain of Caelus was created. This system also uses a blockout technique to generate more detailed meshes. These meshes then generate texture colors and masks based on properties of the mesh that are then baked out into textures.

COMMENTS

  • traileverse 1 year ago  | 

    More please Elyssa, this is awesome!!!

    • mohydine 3 months, 1 week ago  | 

      Hello, can I have the link to the project files please?

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