{"id":417,"date":"2026-04-15T16:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:55:59","slug":"houdini-and-3dgs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/houdini-and-3dgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Houdini and 3DGS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edited Gaussian Particles with Mesh in Houdini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1-956x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1-956x1024.png 956w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1-768x822.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1-1434x1536.png 1434w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-1.png 1452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To import the mesh to Unreal, I installed the Houdini engine Unreal Plugin, following the steps in the SideFx docs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidefx.com\/docs\/houdini\/unreal\/install_houdiniengine.html#houdini-launcher\">https:\/\/www.sidefx.com\/docs\/houdini\/unreal\/install_houdiniengine.html#houdini-launcher<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the Houdini engine tab appeared in Unreal, the steps to import them were as follows:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Houdini Engine > Create Session > Select Houdini Project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy the path of the node mesh; in my case, it was selecting the QUAD node and clicking CTRL + C. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then back in Unreal, select Houdini Engine > Houdini Node Sync > paste the path file in Houdini Paths to Fetch, put a name in Unreal Asset Name and click Fetch. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It should appear as an unreal asset in the Content folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refer to this tutorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=beHrTHcK_Cs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=beHrTHcK_Cs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glass Plant Mesh in Unreal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-2-897x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-2-897x1024.png 897w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-2-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-2-768x877.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Houdini-2.png 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edited Gaussian Particles with Mesh in Houdini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/dots-to-depth-studios\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}