Houdini & Python Tutorial: Controlling An Embroidery Machine (DST Export)

Support us on Patreon: In what might be our most useless Houdini tutorial to date, Mo covers exporting Houdini geometry for use in an embroidery machine. Yep that’s right. You’re welcome. Setting up Python for Houdini: Virtual Embroidery in Houdini: Info on the .dst file format: Pyembroidery on github: Download Project File (.hip): 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Setting Up Test Geometry (Letters) 03:40 - Python: Using Pyembroidery for Export 08:50 - Checking The Export on The Embroidery Machine 09:06 - More Complex Geometry (Volume Trails) 12:17 - Jump Stitch Issues 13:28 - Optimizing Paths 14:40 - Infamous Last Words