Side Effects: Houdini 13 – we ask them about their FEA Posted by Mike Seymour ON October 31, 2013 Finite Element Solver A finite element solver is one of the main features of Side Effects Software’s Houdini 13, released today. The new software also includes multithreaded particle architecture that Side Effects has integrated into Houdini’s existing dynamics setup. And there’s a new lighting workfl