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By Yingyue Feng ：< https://yingyueue.myblog.arts.ac.uk/author/20028722/?

31st October 2022 ：< https://yingyueue.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2022/10/31/fur-houdini/>

My next task is to make cat fur. Because the model of the bound cat I found has no fur, so I need to make the fur myself. The software I choose to make the fur is Houdini, because the fur produced by this software is very realistic, and it can even Simulates collisions between hairs. But his difficulty is also very high. Although it is also a 3D software, it is more inclined to control the nodes. The thinking and methods of this software are different from traditional 3D software, such as MAYA. Houdini’s?way of thinking is more programming. There are many teachers in the school who know Houdini, but they don’t know how to make hair with Houdini. So all I can rely on is myself. This is a very big challenge. And there are often unexpected problems that occur. For example, the unit of Maya is meters, but the unit of Houdini is centimeters, so when I import the model from Maya to Houdini, I need to increase the model by 100 times. Because I didn’t know this at the beginning, the hair produced a different effect than it should, which added a lot of trouble to me. It also took me longer to make my hair than I expected.?

Unfortunately, at the beginning of September, my hair reached the neck and the most complicated head was done, because the Ragdoll is a longhair cat, and its cheeks will be longer and the inside of the ears will also be It has long hair, so it needs to be made in 3 to 4 times. That is to say, it takes 3~4 strings of nodes to complete the hair production of the head. The back part of the body and tail is very simple. I had expected to finish making the hair by the end of September. But the school’s computers were overhauled in September and were not open for use until the end of September. And by the time I started using the school computer at the end of September, the Houdini software was not found in the library of the school computer. Although Houdini can be seen in Curry later. However, other students who use Houdini said that the school’s Houdini is not stable enough. Some computers can be successfully installed, some computers cannot be installed, and some libraries are not even available. So I had to change the software that made the fur and recreate the cat’s fur. After considering different software, I ended up going to use Maya’s X Gen to make the hair. Since my animations were made in Maya, it would be easier to continue making the fur in Maya without having to worry about any compatibility issues. And luckily the hair making in Maya is much easier than Houdini and can be done on time.