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title: "Geometry in Houdini"
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<span style="color: #000000">RenderMan supp</span><span style="color: #000000">orts a full range of geometric primitives, including </span> [polygons](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661419) <span style="color: #000000">, </span> [NURBS](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661437), [subdivision surfaces](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661421) <span style="color: #000000">, </span> [curves](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661233), [volumes](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661423) <span style="color: #000000">, procedurals (Alembic), and </span> [implicit surfaces](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661425) <span style="color: #000000">. </span>Object [instancing](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFH26/pages/19268325) <span style="color: #000000">is fully supported as well.</span>

Below, each section discusses their usage inside Houdini.

> Macro (children)