Is there a command to load an OTL file in Python?

[magneto]

Right now I rely on my OTL being in the Users folder but I want to have my OTL in another drive so it's safe in case the system drive goes down or something.

Is there a way to load an OTL so I can use it in my 123.py?

Thanks guys.

[3dbeing]

hou.hda.installFile()?

[magneto]

Thanks, that did the trick. I did search the docs and online but couldn't find this.

[3dbeing]

Thanks, that did the trick. I did search the docs and online but couldn't find this.

The first thing i do is search hscript in the textport

exhelp -k whatever

help -k whatever

exhelp is for expressions help is for functions -k will match whatever to what is listed in the help... in this case help -k hda, at the top it tells you the equivalent python if it exists...

[magneto]

Sorry I meant, I couldn't find that this function exists. Otherwise I read up on it when you posted it

[rdg]

Is there a way to load an OTL so I can use it in my 123.py?

That's what the HOUDINI_PATH environment variable is for.

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini11.1/basics/config#id411678

http://odforce.net/wiki/index.php/CustomizingHoudini

Generally speaking:

If /magneto is in your HOUDINI_PATH and there's a /magneto/otls then OTLs found in this directory will be loaded when houdini starts.

[magneto]

For some reason some of my paths are not set. I can't see them in the alias and variables dialog.

I only see $HIP which is different from where scripts were loaded from.

I was using it like this but I want my otl to be in my non-system drive, in case something happens to it.

It seems like thought HOUDINI_PATH supports more than one path, so I might look into that too. But right now, it's all working how I want it.

[rdg]

For some reason some of my paths are not set. I can't see them in the alias and variables dialog.

Yeah, these are the 'internal' variables. HOUDINI_PATH is a os envar.