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How can I reference a python file from HDA, I don't want all of my code to be in the HDA itself.
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I have a node inside an asset. The asset has a parameter that references a camera. The node inside the asset needs the "resx" parameter value of the camera. I need to use the assets camera reference to get the "resx". I tried this: ch(chs("../cam")+"/resx") but I can't get it to work... How is this done correct?
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Hola I designed a procedural method to building thousand of hard surface modelling piece, scifi look like those below and could fit together like a puzzle. Okay, that's cool and working. In the old time, i remember when using max for example i was able to use "reference" (not instance) where all downstream nodes were shared but the referenced piece B from model A could also have an additional node on top. Like for example deformation, creep and so.. I realize im missing how to do this in houdini and if it's possible. I design my pattern in a flat plane, then i will wrap it using Creep or VEX by UV. but only this part will be different. Hopefully my words are clear enough, are they ? Cheers ________________________________________________________________ Vincent Thomas (VFX and Art since 1998) Senior Env and Lighting artist & Houdini & Creative Concepts http://fr.linkedin.com/in/vincentthomas
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Hi guys, I have a problem with the compile block inside HDA. I is working fine unless I add a second asset right after the first one. Then things go crazy because this second asset claims that the Stroke Node that is not even in the first compile block is not Compile compatible and it cannot cook. Should I isolate the stroke from the compile block? Tom
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I'd like to offset a relative referenced parameter in time, so that a series of parented objects get the referenced parameter not from the current frame but from some number of frames before, each one different. (Its a rotate transform on the Geo node so the parenting propagates the rotation down the chain). I can sort of do it with a TimeShift node inside each Geo, but that requires the referenced parameter to be put on a transform node there, which disabled the effect of the parented hierarchy. Is there a way to edit the reference script directly in the Geo node's transform instead of going the TimeShift route?, eg inserting something like $F-n somewhere here... ch("../Object_Driver/ry")
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Hello everybody! I would like to ask if anybody knows a good cgi film/reel/wip with a very realistic tree breaking. I think I saw some where a close shot of a tree slowly breaking but I don't remember if it was a reel or a film like Wolverine. If anybody have an hint to share I would be a happy man :3 I know that there is a big group of real reference on FB but I couldn't find a close up and I would like to see a CGI example done in Houdini, if possible =) Hope is not too much off topic for the general lounge Best wishes!
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I'm setting up a scene with a bunch of colors. As such I like to keep them in a Null node so theyre all in one place. In a geometry node I'm trying to apply that color with works fine with relative reference: (U3650 being the name of the color) ch("../../Colorbank/U3650r") This works great but I'd like to have the U3650 be changed based on a string attribute on a diffrent node. that way I can change it there without having to tediously go into rgb values and changing it by hand. I've tried the following: (the value in lable_1 being U3650) ch("../../Colorbank/chs("../colorControl/label_1")r") ch("../../Colorbank/'chs("../colorControl/label_1")'r") However this doesn't seem to work. Could anyone help with getting this reference to work? This would allow me to animate the color per frame which allows for greater control in rendering varients of still images. I've attached a simple hip version of the problem. RR-Help.hip
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I want to use an ortho-style photo as a correct size reference in a Houdini ortho view. The full width of the image represents 3 cm and I use 1 unit in Houdini as 1 cm (I can change the image's pixel resolution to whatever I want) As far as the size values for the background image, is there a formula that allows scaling the background image so that its width is 3 units wide in a Houdini ortho view? I can fiddle with the size values manually, but I'd prefer if there was a math formula that would get me there quickly and exactly.
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Hello, I am working on an RBD simulation of a hotel collapsing and I have roughly 73,000 pieces in the simulation. I simulated with low resolution pieces and I want to replace them with high resolution pieces but render times are ballooning/render crashes when I swap them. My hi-res pieces are packed and have materials inside. I have the whole set of pieces on a single .bgeo.sc file (5gb) and also each piece individually on disk (See graphic 1). I will refer to them as Set of Pieces and Individual Pieces respectively. I'm fairly new to Houdini so go easy on me, here's the workflow that has gotten me the furthest: - I load the Set of high-res pieces and plug both them and the low-res pieces into a Transform Pieces SOP. (See graphic 2). This allows me to copy the transforms of the low-res onto the hi-res pieces. Up to this part I have no problems. - When I start to render, Mantra takes a long 10-15 minutes generating the scene, using all of my RAM (64gb). If I'm lucky it starts rendering by minute 15, but 90% of the time it just crashes. I'm using Mantra on Houdini 16.5.268 by the way. I know that Mantra needs a copy of the geometry when it renders, so the Set of Pieces is the problem here. I have also tried the Instance SOP, creating an Instancefile attibute on the low-res pieces linking them to the hi-res pieces on disk, but it doesn't seem to be working, I have to be missing something here but I can't find the solution. (See graphic 3) I have almost no knowledge of Mantra, so I have the default settings in the Mantra node. Is there a way of referencing/swapping/instancing the individual hi-res pieces onto Mantra ONLY at render time while also having the transforms of the low-res pieces? Is there another way that I'm missing? Any way of reducing Memory Usage? Am I doing it completely wrong? Thank you in advance!
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Hello Hive Mind, Long time reader, first time poster.... I was wondering if anyone knows a pythonic way of creating a reference copy of a node? More or less the equivalent of hscript opcp -c. It's a little more complicated than a copy and iterate over parms, since certain parm types need different copy/reference methods. Thanks in advance!
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Hey Guys! I have a pretty newbie question about some Python and HDA interaction. So in a nutshell I'm trying to create an HDA with implemented Python script which does the following: 1. I have an Original Geo, which is object merged in my HDA. 2. I select some primitives on my original geo (or on the HDA). 3. After I selected my primitives, with a press of a button on my HDA, the selected primitives will be added to a group's pattern parameter inside my HDA. 4. And of course it would be great if this could work with a relative reference, so if I copy my HDA multiple times it'll update the groups within the correct HDA. I have this code so far: import toolutils viewer = toolutils.sceneViewer() geo = viewer.selectGeometry() s = geo.mergedSelectionString() # How can I make THIS PATH relative reference? n = hou.parm('/obj/Colorzied_Geo_Asset_1/Colorized_GEO/group1/pattern') n.set(s) I put together a pretty simple example file and the hda, which will hopefully help you guys understand what I'm trying to achieve. In case my explanation is a little confusing. selectedPrims_python_problem_v001.hip colorzied_geo_asset.hda Any help or nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Best, Laszlo
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Hey all, Im about to make a RBD emitter for some typography. I'd Like to know if there is a way to reference the number of a nodes name (e.g. blast1, blast2, blast3) within an expression (something like @textindex=@blastNUMBER??) to save me manually typing which group I would like to isolate? Cheers Jim
