Annon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Can't get this seemingly simple thing to work: I have a vopNetwork that I'm building some "CVEX Type" nodes inside of. I want to have these come up in their own menu in SHOPs, is there a way of doing this? Submenu Tab doesn't appear to work. Thanks Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I think you need to use / in category field for sub categories like: category/subcategory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 You mean in the submenu tab? Problem is if I lay down a "CVEX type" node in a VOP network, then jump over to a SHOP network, hit tab, the CVEX node pops up under CVEX... I want it under a new menu completely. On the node by default you can specify the name it will pop up as. I was hoping there's another parameter I can add here for the submenu, but can't find any information on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Basically this parameter: If you type Tools/VEX, they should show up under Tools and then under VEX submenu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Yes thank you, However have you tried it? If you do that on a digital asset it works, but doesn't seem to on a node made in a VOP network... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Np, yes I tried it with SOP HDA, VEX VOP and a VOP made from a subnet. They all showed correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Is this through "Type Properties" on the node? I just can't get this to work. Bare in mind I've got it working totally fine on my own OTLs, this is just for nodes create on the fly. If you can get cvex1 to show up in it's own menu in the shopnet I'll make you my wife (#2 I'm afraid) . Thanks Christian bloodyMenuTab.hipnc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Yes. Actually I never tried that one. How do you see your VOP in Houdini? I couldn't see it in the tab menu to even try using / in the node name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mantragora Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 It's there. Its just that name is not updated correctly. But when you create one it updates. If you look into your SHOP and press TAB, there is Digital Assets section and inside there is "VEX Builder CVEX". This is your node. Create it and then check this menu again. What it's called now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mantragora Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I can put it in custom menu, but it won't be on the fly. Are you interested? :| 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Hmm, well I guess I just have to create a digital asset for each cvex type I want to create right... I wanted to avoid that, but if that's the only way then so be it. Thanks Guys Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mantragora Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Hmm, well I guess I just have to create a digital asset for each cvex type I want to create right... I wanted to avoid that, but if that's the only way then so be it. Thanks Guys Christian No, you don't have to. I asked, are you interested? There was no answer, there is no help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 If you have a solution, yes I am very interested. Thanks Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mantragora Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Put this in "$HOME/houdiniXX.X/toolbar" directory.CVEX1.shelf <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <shelfDocument> <!-- This file contains definitions of "cvex1" tool --> <tool name="shop_cvex1" label="Oh, YEAH!" icon="CVEX1.svg"> <helpURL>operator:Shop/cvex1</helpURL> <toolMenuContext name="viewer"> <contextNetType>SHOP</contextNetType> </toolMenuContext> <toolMenuContext name="network"> <contextOpType>Shop/cvex1</contextOpType> </toolMenuContext> <toolSubmenu>MANTRAGORA/Is/The/BEST!</toolSubmenu> <script scriptType="python"><![CDATA[import shoptoolutils shoptoolutils.genericTool(kwargs, 'cvex1')]]></script> </tool> </shelfDocument> Read more here. Edited July 6, 2014 by mantragora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annon Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 LOL, yes you are the best! That certainly is a fix indeed, but don't think I'll be able to implement that here, think it'll be best to publish OTLs and then I have some sort of conversioning control. Thanks for the fix, I'll bare it in mind for a later date if I ever need something like that. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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