FX lead at dreamworks animation, Yancy Lindquist demonstrates how to dynamically generate constraints with Houdini. Yancy builds a dynamic system where tentacles will shoot out and grab floating ameba in the scene, using Houdini DOPs. The Expressions used in the tutorial can be found on Yancy’s site.
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