Sort by Selection / Houdini digital asset

A simple tool for sorting primitives in the order of selection.
Even though many Houdini users would call manual selection blasphemy, in some cases it’s the fastest way to do things.

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Primitives are sorted randomly, then manually selected in desired order and sorted by the tool.
To better see the result, points are added in the middle of primitives and connected together.

Under the hood