IVY GENERATOR

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Generating ivy (or any climbing/hanging plant) on any object preferable via a custom spline or random points/directions

This tool was built in two days while studying houdini and was made for practice. More features could be added, but I wanted to explore more topics. 

During my first attempt I calculated a custom path, but that didn't work out. A friend of mine pointed out the "closestpathnode" and things became a lot easier. To make it more visually appealing, simple materials could be made and applied to this object. I wanted to optimize my tool so it can be used in games, but I couldn't test anything because I didn't have the full (commercial) version of houdini.

Generate ivy the way you want! From the top down, in random areas, add many branches, etc.

Parameters to control the ivy 

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