Alexey Vanzhula has recently released an update to Direct Modelling HDA, his modeling add-on for Houdini.

Alexey Vanzhula has recently released an update to Direct Modelling HDA, his modeling add-on for Houdini. The plugin features 4 parts with one of then being a SoftBoolean toolset which is basically the next level of Flux to create procedural models using boolean operations.

Video overview from Werner Ziemerink:

Here is what’s new in v1.5:

• SoftBoolean 1.1 — UI improvements and small optimizations, groups preservation, new soft-boolean tools
• Geometry Library 1.5 — add elements by the construction plane, filter items with a mask, UI revamped
• Menu — fully redesigned menu subsystem. User can now create custom menus with submenus by using a simple Python syntax
• Menus are now fully customizable and work much better with HiDPI displays
• Shelf fully redesigned
• All tools and HDAs have icons
• Lots of new modeling HDAs
• All Python code is now open
• Modeler – a brand new mode for the classic polygonal modeling

Direct Modeling Tools would cost you $100 for a perpetual license. You can get the pack on  Gumroad.