Houdini NodeShape Designer Wiki
Shape Name
Layers
Reference Image
V/A/D tool mode
R/T/E rect/tri/ellipse
S/C smooth/corner
Alt+click add pt
Ctrl+drag handle = break
Alt+drag handle = restore
G grid snap toggle
Alt+G background snap
Shift+click multi-sel
Drag marquee
Del remove pts
Esc deselect
Ctrl+Z/Y undo/redo
Ctrl+C/V copy/paste pts
Scroll/F zoom/fit
Scale: Shift=uniform
Ctrl+Sh=∿centroid
Rotate: Shift=15deg
Angle: Shift=15deg
out in auto
x:0.000 y:0.000

Houdini NodeShape Designer

A browser-based tool for authoring custom node shapes for SideFX Houdini.

By Tim Crowson
with Claude AI

tcrowson@gmail.com


Design your node shape, export it, and place the exported .json file in ~/houdiniX.Y/config/NodeShapes/

Load Preset Shape