Animated Instances using Solaris and Variants: Instancing Part 3 - Handy Houdini Tips

When instancing, most cases will require static geometry for things like trees, shrubs, rocks etc. However, in certain cases, animated instancing is required. A major part of animated instancing is offsetting the animation based on the particular use case. This part explores how to create offset, animated instances using the Solaris instancer node.

00:00 Intro
01:00 Killing Flowers with Vellum
03:13 Instancing Points Setup
04:15 Creating a Name Attribute
08:13 Variant Generator
16:08 Using Animated Instance USD File