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First And Last Point Group
sop First And Last Point Group

Common vex snippet used for assigning point groups to the first and last points on a curve. Useful when needing a group to pin on a vellum hair sim.

Nov 09, 2025 · 20.5.584 · vex · by snay
vex point prim curve tip animation pinning
Lops Transforms To Sops
sop Lops Transforms To Sops

Extract names and transforms from USD objects and apply it to point attributes in SOPs. This allows for rebuilding the same layout in SOPs. This could be useful for converting manual layout to point instances or efficiently importing layout from external application trough USD format.

Nov 04, 2025 · 20.5.584 · solaris · by kif
instancing layout blender kkf copytopoints copy transform orient
Inside Body Fluid Particles
sop Inside Body Fluid Particles

Various particle shapes scattered in volume. Useful for adding details in macro scenes bio scenes. This recipe also show an example on how to randomly copy different geometry to points base on name attribute.

Nov 03, 2025 · 20.5.584 · geometry · by kif
particles details biology fluid macro cocoon copytopoints randomize scatter
Points To Surface
sop Points To Surface

Manually art direct the position of multiple points, while still having them snap to a surface. Each point can be manually rotated, scaled, and positioned using Rig Pose.

Nov 03, 2025 · 20.5.584 · geometry · by snay
surface kinefx rig pose points raycast transform