Animate exploded view of parts in Houdini

Animate exploded view of parts

add object merge nodes for each part make sure they are all in the same position (0,0) add name node name: (unique name for each part) add merge node and merge them add line node direction: 1 0 0 add sort node check reverse points sort add copy to points node feed merge node and sort node source group: @name=object1 target points: 0 add another copy to points node feed merge node and sort node (not copytopoints) source group: @name=object2 target points: 1 (repeat for all objects) add merge node merge all copy to points nodes for animation just rotate and scale the line node for rotating the exploded view around it's center, just add a transform and $CEX in pivot for X