Is it possible to use houdini to create a command line tool?

[cloudfx]

Hi,

 

I was wondering was there any cases that uses houdini's sop operator  as functions in command-line programs?

 

For instance, in command line,

hpolyreduce -i input.obj output.obj

and hpolyreduce will launch up houdini or something to operate sop's PolyReduce with certain preset to input.obj and saves the result to output.obj.

 

Would there be any types of example of doing this?

 

and what would be minimum license that I need for it?

 

Thanks,

Jae

Edited June 1, 2015 by cloudfx

[Mandrake0]

whats your target for the command-line?  

 

do you want to make a bash script for execution or do you want to integrate it in to another program? 

 

this could help: 

http://forums.odforce.net/topic/14209-simulation-surface-generation-etc-using-command-line/

 

there are also old examples of houdini integration into a website:

https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1827&Itemid=344

 

 

license is depending on your setup: private or company, non commercial or commercial, company income(< 100000$ or >100000$) how many computer systems.

private with restriction: the apprentice should work NOT TESTED (free)

private or commercial(income below 100000$): indie license (199$)

commercial( over 100000$): houdini or houdini fx (1995$ or 4495$)

more info's on: https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=103&Itemid=401

Edited June 1, 2015 by Mandrake0

[lukeiamyourfather]

Yes, this is possible to do but it's not typically how Houdini is used. How I would do it is with Python and import the hou module which gives full access to Houdini in a Python environment. It could build the network needed to perform the task, set the file node input, set the ROP node output, cook it, then close without saving the network. A batch license could handle this but you'd need something with a GUI likely to do the testing and development, so a batch license and a Houdini license (or just a Houdini license if it will be used on a single machine).