Calling a function in a python Sop from an HDA button callback

[defc0n1]

Hey guys

I have an HDA with 2 python SOPs inside. I need a button on the HDA that would trigger a function in one of the python SOPs. I looked at how callback scripts work but it was too confusing. Appreciate it if someone could help me out. Thanks!

Cheers

defc0n1

[Stalkerx777]

Python SOPs shouldn't contain code which intended to be called outside, Houdini cooks SOPs when it's needed. Define your functions in HDA's PythonModule and call them from there, even from within Python SOPs inside, if you wish so.

Edited July 22, 2017 by Stalkerx777

[defc0n1]

7 minutes ago, Stalkerx777 said:

Python SOPs shouldn't contain code which intended to be called outside, Houdini cooks SOPs when it's needed. Define your functions in HDA's PythonModule and call them from there, even from within Python SOPs inside, if you wish so.

Right. I'll need to fix that. Could you explain that last part - '...even from within Python SOPs inside, if you wish so.'?

[defc0n1]

8 minutes ago, Stalkerx777 said:

Python SOPs shouldn't contain code which intended to be called outside, Houdini cooks SOPs when it's needed. Define your functions in HDA's PythonModule and call them from there, even from within Python SOPs inside, if you wish so.

Oh wait does it mean I can call a function in an internal Python SOP from within the python module in the HDA?

[Stalkerx777]

24 minutes ago, defc0n1 said:

Oh wait does it mean I can call a function in an internal Python SOP from within the python module in the HDA?

Exactly. This is, in general, a good practice to define all your shared Python code in a top level HDA, and use it anywhere you need, like that:

module = hou.nodeType("Sop/MyHDA").hdaModule()
module.my_func()

 

Edited July 22, 2017 by Stalkerx777

[defc0n1]

8 minutes ago, Stalkerx777 said:

Exactly. This is, in general, a good practice to define all your shared Python code in a top level HDA, and use it anywhere you need, like that:

module = hou.nodeType("Sop/MyHDA").hdaModule()
module.my_func()

 

Thank you!!!

[defc0n1]

He Alex..sorry I hit a wall again. My internal python node adds detail attributes so when I define the same code within the HDA python module, it says that the geometry is read-only. I read somewhere that you can't modify geometry from within an HDA's python module?

My function examines a binary file and adds some attributes based on the parameters it finds in the file. Problem is, the file is HUGE and I don't want it to cook every time I change the file to be analysed.

[Stalkerx777]

Just pass you geometry as an argument to your function.

In HDA:

def modify_geo(geo):
  geo.addAttribute(...)
  return geo
  

In Python SOP:

module = hou.nodeType("Sop/MyHDA").hdaModule()
geo = module.modify_geo(geo)

 

[defc0n1]

On 24/07/2017 at 3:12 AM, Stalkerx777 said:

Just pass you geometry as an argument to your function.

In HDA:

def modify_geo(geo):
  geo.addAttribute(...)
  return geo
  

In Python SOP:

module = hou.nodeType("Sop/MyHDA").hdaModule()
geo = module.modify_geo(geo)

 

Right....how do I call this from using callback script? Do I just do hou.pwd().hdaModule().modify_geo(geo)?

[defc0n1]

6 minutes ago, defc0n1 said:

Right....how do I call this from using callback script? Do I just do hou.pwd().hdaModule().modify_geo(geo)?

Never mind. Stupid question.

[zeemzoet]

On 7/31/2017 at 10:04 PM, defc0n1 said:

Right....how do I call this from using callback script? Do I just do hou.pwd().hdaModule().modify_geo(geo)?

Hi there!

I'm trying to do something similar, but I'm still trying to get my head around it all. You said yourself it was a stupid question, but I'm stuck myself. Any chance you (or anyone else) could clarify how to call the function in the python sop inside the hda?

 

Many many thanks!

[sant0s81]

Dont find the post where I found that, so credits go to one of the Python masters here: