L-Systems Node

An in-depth tutorial on the principles of writing L-Systems in Houdini using examples from Aristid Lindenmayer’s book ‘The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants’

after watching this tutorial you should be able to understand all the elements of an L-System, and be able to create your own from scratch.

Subjects covered are:

• L-System Node (at 1:20 minutes)
• Turtle Syntax (at 8:00 minutes)
• Branching (at 16:00 minutes)
• Edge Rewrite (at 18:40 minutes)
• Node Rewrite (at 24:30 minutes)
• Symbol variables (at 31:35 minutes)
• Using Custom Values (at 41:25 minutes)
• Monopodial and Sympodial Trees (at 42:50 minutes)
• Gravity (tropism) (at 43:50 minutes)
• Ternary Tree (at 45:50 minutes)
• Input Geometry in L-Systems (at 48:00 minutes) Randomization (at 67:25 minutes)
• Stamping Geometry (at 69:20 minutes)
• Probability (at 80:25 minutes)
• Conditionals (at 85:05 minutes)
• Phyllotaxis (at 88:30 minutes)
• Sunflower (at 93:05 minutes)