Houdini software
A collection of artwork, projects, articles and video relating to Houdini.

Tapered roller bearings
In many applications tapered roller bearings are used in back-to-back pairs so that axial forces can be supported equally in either direction.

Airspace above the South West of the UK
Multiple classifications of controlled airspace visualised in three dimensions.

Airfield windsock
A windsock is used to maintain a visual indication of wind direction and strength and is typically located at the end of the runway.

Arrivals and departures at London Heathrow
Flight paths of aircraft taking off and landing at LHR during a two hour window.

North Atlantic High Level Airspace
Discover the six oceanic area control centres that make up the North Atlantic High Level Airspace.

Latitude and longitude visualised
Two models illustrated here serve as a useful reference indicating 10° latitude and longitude intervals on the Earth.

Inset airport runway lighting
A close-up look at a high intensity, bi-directional LED inset lighting.

Explore our planet on Earth Day
April 22 marks Earth Day. The global event raises awareness about the importance of protecting the planet.

Runway lighting environment testing
Ensuring an approach lighting setup works correctly by adding it to relevant scenery.

CAT III runway approach lighting 💡
Working on a physically plausible PAPI light animation.

Playing around with pyro in Karma XPU 💥
Although technically still considered an alpha release in Houdini 19, Karma XPU renderer offers significant speed improvements over the CPU only version.

Wave interference
Interference effects can be observed with all types of waves, including, light, radio, acoustic, surface waves and more.

Creating a copper wire coil
An example of how to quickly create a roll of twisted magnet wire in Houdini.

Visualising cloud coverage
This NASA satellite observation map shows how much of Earth's surface is covered by clouds for a given month.

Visualising land surface temperature
Highlighting the average temperature of land, during the daytime in November.

Flight paths and great circles
The route is first projected onto a two-dimensional map before animating to the three-dimensional shape of a globe.

Zürich Airport
Explore a simplified view of Zürich Airport in Switzerland.

Airports around the world
View the location of more than 7,000 airports spanning the globe.