embed dxf

[kubabuk]

After I loaded dxf model with 'file SOP' Can I somehow embed this file in houdini and delete the link?

[sibarrick]

just lock the sop.

Unless you have a very good reason to do this though I would suggest avoiding it though. Much better to write it back out as a bgeo and read that in. Keeps the file size down.

[Jason]

just lock the sop.

Unless you have a very good reason to do this though I would suggest avoiding it though. Much better to write it back out as a bgeo and read that in. Keeps the file size down.

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I'd also recommend Right-clicking on the File SOP and doing a Save Geometry and save it out as Houdini's native BGEO format. Now read this in. This is faster and less error-prone and supports all Houdini's attributes and such.

[michael]

or .gzbgeo for smaller size...

also, a good tip > when you're finished modeling (if the geometry is to be contained in an OTL) save out the geo to disk as gzbego, then add it as a section to your OTL, then read it back in with a file sop and the opdef sintax...this will cut down on memory usage when the geometry is not displayed...

[edward]

If you want compressed bgeo, you can use myfile.bgeo.gz if you're using 7.0.134 or later.

Otherwise, you need to add something like this to your $HH/GEOio file:

.gz "gunzip -c %s" "gzip > %s"

For arctor, that's

.gzbgeo "gunzip -c %s" "gzip > %s"