Modeler 2022 for Houdini

Modeler 2022 for Houdini has been released with a redesigned plugin core and improved user experience for tablet users. Improvements include:

• Modeling tools and Houdini shelf tools are collected in the Python panel. This panel has a Favorites section for storing user scripts and shelf tools.

• When Modeler is activated, a new toolbar, called Viewbar, appears above the viewport to speed up modeling on tablets

• Modeler no longer has its own shelves

• Any Modeler Python panel button can be associated with hotkey

• The Houdini window can be made translucent for modeling on top of images from the operation system desktop

• Pen double-clicking in the viewport works naturally, as opposed to standard behaviour

• The viewport camera can be manipulated with the right mouse button

• Modeler now has only one radial menu which contains the most important direct modeling and retopology tools. In addition to hotkeys, it can be shown with the right mouse button.

• To repeat the EdgeLoop viewport state, you can click the left mouse button

• Selection tools can now modify components in the reselect mode of SOP node

• New Group Hard Edges tool selects hard edges easily

• As part of improved work on tablet devices, empty selection is now perceived by tools as whole selection

• Removed the Drop Selection tool (Escape key). Instead, you need to use component selection modes: points, edges, and polygons.

• PolyPen has new modeling features and is better adapted for use on tablets

• Push renamed to Magnet

• New Polygons tool allows to quickly draw polygons or perform retopology.

• Extrude, Bevel, and Bridge now use standard Houdini nodes

• New Bevel Pro tool creates bevels with variable radius

• To constraint middle mouse button transformation (Grab state), you can click the left or right button while moving the mouse

• Modeler has its own VDB Remesh node and tool

• Hose has been improved

• QPrimitive node now has an input connector intended for automatic orientation and
  scaling, like standard primitive nodes

• Primitives can be created in the same geometry container

• The Fill tool rebuilds selected polygons with the new Quadrify node

• Preview Subdivided has an additional mode to display SubD isolines

• New UDIM Export node is useful for easy creation of complex UV maps

Source: https://blog.superrendersfarm.com/tutorial/houdini/modeler-2022-for-houdini/