Bubble Deformer Houdini HDA

This bubble Digital Asset for Houdini takes any set of points and converts them into bubbles with proper intersection planes and outer shell without simulation. Great for highly art-directable bubbles or sphere intersection effects. Handles variable sphere sized intersections and multiple intersections per sphere.

Link to preview video: https://vimeo.com/253916665

For a faster preview lower the resolution and smoothing iterations. At low resolutions artifacts arise from lack of resolution. For final renders raise resolution as high as necessary and try subdividing at render time.

This tool was built for speed and to handle the most common intersection types and is not mathematically 'perfect', this tool is meant for visual effects and there is a possibility of the existence of some edge cases that it may not cleanly resolve. This tool does not solve for bubble motion, the motion is derived from the input particles.

This digital asset was written using a fair bit of VEX and contains psuedo-code if you're interested in how the tool works. 

If you have any comments or questions on the tool please feel free to reach me at trzankofx@gmail.com

Have fun playing with bubbles!