Houdini UI Python Library

[Stalkerx777 159]

Hi, guys! 

Just wanted to share with you some of my experiments.

huilib - is a simple Python wrapper around Houdini's native .ui language. It has been written "just for fun", so no warranty if it works for you, but I think it's pretty usable for a simple UI, in situations, when using PyQt is not an option 

Maybe someday we'll see something similar from SESI  

Feel free to use it.

https://github.com/alexxbb/huilib

Edited November 24, 2020 by Stalkerx777
Updated link

[Green-Man 3]

Thanks for sharing.

Decent name, bro

Edited February 14, 2014 by Green-Man

[edward 350]

Nice!

[Doum 22]

Can we do something similar with pop up windows ? ei mixing drop down menu with text box and a 3 buttons selection?

Maybe this lib can do that ? 

 

Sorry I'm still new to this programming world and I'm trying to create some basic tool, like loading cam(alembic) and create new scene with naming convention, etc ...

 

thanks

[symek 378]

Great!

[Stalkerx777 159]

Can we do something similar with pop up windows ? ei mixing drop down menu with text box and a 3 buttons selection?

Maybe this lib can do that ? 

 

Sorry I'm still new to this programming world and I'm trying to create some basic tool, like loading cam(alembic) and create new scene with naming convention, etc ...

 

thanks

Yes, it actually what this library supposed to do. Simple pop up dialogs for simple things =)

[grau 3]

Very nice, I like how the code is almost the same as PyQt/PySide.

[riviera 4]

Very nice! Cheers! (Also, the function you use, hou.ui.createDialog() doesn't seem to be documented anywhere in the 13.0 docs, so your code is extra useful...)

[TomRaynor 4]

Nice one!

[goldleaf 102]

Very cool! Is there a way to use this library without launching Houdini? (I'm guessing not, but just in case...)

 

Thanks!

[Stalkerx777 159]

Very cool! Is there a way to use this library without launching Houdini? (I'm guessing not, but just in case...)

 

Thanks!

No, unfortunately not

[willow wafflebeard 16]

thanks for the huilib nice tool.

 

i found a little error in the HVector, i think i fixed it though by changing

 

from

assert 2 < size <= 4, "HVectorField size can be 2, 3 or 4"

to

assert 1 < size <= 4, "HVectorField size can be 2, 3 or 4"

 

from the huilib.py

 

i also found out that when i launch the interface and just run my code right away

the setValue() outputs blank, instead of 0 which is what the interface seem to show.

it fixes itself though if you drag the slider out and back to 0. then it outputs 0

 

i also have a problem with setValue() with HVector in 2d. it works if the size =3 but if its 2 and i tried self.someNameofVector.setValue([0,1]). or ((0,1)), it errors something like index out of range. with something about _multivalue thingy.

Edited September 16, 2014 by willow wafflebeard

[waterzhou 1]

very useful tools! thaks!

i have a  question about the(self.stringField = huilib.HStringField('field1', 'meName')):

##########################################################

import huilib
from huilib import *
class meDialogxx(HDialog):
    def __init__(self, name, title):
        super(meDialogxx, self).__init__(name, title)
        self.setWindowLayout('vertical')
        self.setWindowAttributes(stretch = True, margin = 0.13, spacing = 0.1, min_width = 3)
            
            
        colx1 = HColumnLayout()
        ###
        self.stringField = huilib.HStringField('field1', 'meName')
        self.stringField.setEnabled(True)

        #self.geoFileField.getValue()
        #print self.stringField

        self.addGadget(self.stringField)
        
        rowx1 = HRowLayout()
        self.a000 = HButton('aa','COM_0')
        self.a001 = HButton('bb','COM_1')
        rowx1.addGadget(self.a000)  
        rowx1.addGadget(self.a001)  
               
        colx1.addLayout(rowx1)
        self.a000.connect(self.cb_printStringFields)
        self.a001.connect(self.cb_printStringFields1)
        self.addLayout(colx1)
        
        # This method should always be called last!!
        self.initUI()
        
    def cb_printStringFields(self):
        a=self.stringField.setValue('aaaaaa')
        self.stringField.getValue()
        print self.stringField
        
    def cb_printStringFields1(self):
        self.stringField.setValue('a+b')
        
      

if __name__ != '__main__':
        ui = meDialogxx(name = 'import_dlg', title = 'what the F$%%^%&*^*')
        ui.show()
#####################################################################

how can i get the (self.stringField) value？please!!!

[Stalkerx777 159]

18 hours ago, waterzhou said:

very useful tools! thaks!

###################################

how can i get the (self.stringField) value？please!!!

So what's a problem? It works, just checked.

self.stringField.setValue("MyValue") # Set value

print self.stringField.getValue() # Pring Value

 

[waterzhou 1]

ooooo yeah!!!it work，very very very thank you ...

 

 

 

Edited May 11, 2016 by waterzhou

[ftaswin 17]

Thanks for this wonderful tool. I got 2 questions:

1. How to implement a proper HIconButton with built in icon?

2. Is there any way to query an opened window and close it first before committing a new one?

 

Thanks

 

[Stalkerx777 159]

On 6/13/2017 at 11:02 PM, cloud68 said:

Thanks for this wonderful tool. I got 2 questions:

1. How to implement a proper HIconButton with built in icon?

2. Is there any way to query an opened window and close it first before committing a new one?

 

Thanks

 

2

1. I've tried many times, but couldn't make it work. Need to ask SESI support how to use ACTION_ICONBUTTON gadget.

2. Yes:

# Find the dialog by name
ui = huilib.findDialog('test')
if ui:
	# If found you can show(), hide(), and close() it
	ui.close() will close and delete the dialog
ui = TestDialog(name='test', title='Test UI')
ui.show()

 

[ftaswin 17]

Thanks a lot, Alex

 

[efxlab 1]

hey Alex, I dont know what is this line purpose :

if __name__ == '__main__':

I removed it because else not it doesn't work.

Great library, thanks a lot

[Ippokratis 4]

Hi Alex, many thanks for sharing your code.

Kind regards

Edited September 30, 2019 by Ippokratis