[QT] My Favorite Houdini Shortcuts!

(I made some tweaks to this video after some of you chimed in with some great explanations, thank you so much for enlightening me!!!)
I use these Houdini shortcuts all the time, so I thought I'd share them with you.
This is far from a complete list, but hopefully there are some interesting ones that you might not already know about.
Of course I'm interested in your favorite shortcuts as well, so if you'd like to contribute some shortcuts that you use all the time, please do so in the comments.
Here are a couple of web sites that list a whole bunch of Houdini shortcuts if you want to expand your shortcut ninja skills:
www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/n...
shortcutworld.com/Houdini/win...

[@adarnia]

must seen video for Houdini beginners

[@wisdomseeker6804]

This channel is under rated...

[@3dforever717]

Cool video ! Many thanks for that, I already know some shortcuts, but not all ! 👍👍👍

[@potustoronusna]

Good start for Beginner with your tutorials! thx

[@brandoncyoung]

Having the selection lock off by default is great when modeling. Also page up and page down will navigate is the up and down the node tree

[@sebastianmedrano6877]

Thank you!

[@va1ent1]

you can assign a hotkey to "Reconnect Around Selected" as an alternative to that violent shaking action )

[@MichaelHalsell]

The information was useful. Thank you.

[@lukeoverthere2637]

I love your work alot
Cheers from Iraq

[@lewistaylorFX]

regarding you shaking at 4:53, in the Preferences you have shake distance, dropping that down to 0.1 solves the issue you are having.

[@RightBrainedTutorials]

Thank you!

[@rossisbudda]

Shift+ return!!!

[@bombomb_001]

"=" is effective! thx!

[@Gichanasa]

The Y scissors cut node connection is golden! How come nobody uses it? Thank you!

[@khomatech6428]

everybody uses it

[@kir11]

Nice! Is there any way to get placement cursor for selected geometry that appears when you create geo or lights from the shelf?

[@Rahulpal-zh3zi]

You are awesome bro I always see your video but .can you make video how to do render passes using mantra render pls make video

[@RightBrainedTutorials]

Thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately I don't use Mantra because as a render engine I find it too slow for my personal needs. I recently started using 3Delight which is considerably faster. I find it to be very well integrated into Houdini while also offering a free-tier that makes it very accessible even for those just starting out. Before then I was using Redshift which I like a lot for some things, and which also has a good Houdini integration. In the meantime, Arise Works has a great series on Mantra that I recommend and which might answer some of your questions -- czcams.com/video/4qndzJljTfQ/video.html

[@Gichanasa]

@@RightBrainedTutorials What is your opinion on Karma at this point? Would love to see you teach it if you are using it.

[@johnbinary5989]

If the network is massive, simply hitting L key with completely rearange the layout, which is not what I want. How can I rearange just a selected part of the network while the other stay with the same layout?

[@johnbinary5989]

Never mind. I found the solution.
Hold down A key and LMB drag.
vimeo.com/204577847
www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/network/layout.html

[@QuestionMarkKick360]

@@johnbinary5989 shift +L works too

[@johnbinary5989]

@@QuestionMarkKick360 Nice! Exactly what I want.