Viewport can't show the displayed node on Alembic file

[Sedatyf]

Hi everyone, 

I'm a bit confused right now because I have a weird issue on my Houdini when I work on Alembic. I have some huge (not that huge, but still) models in Alembic format and I want to do VFX stuff on it. But I can't have a proper feedback on my viewport when I do some operations on it. As you can see on the gif capture, the color does not appear in the viewport, but if I save the scene, and open it again, the color appears. I checked my graphic cards driver (I have a GTX 970), and everything's on date, and I'm on Houdini 16.0.621. Is there a solution ? 

Thanks in advance, 
Gael.

EDIT : Even if I launch Houdini as Administrator, the bug still appears. I need help :<

 

 

Edited December 18, 2017 by Sedatyf

[Guest tar]

3 hours ago, Sedatyf said:

I'm on Houdini 16.0.621

Can you update? That version is epically old and might be fixed in a later version like 16.0.822 or 16.5.325. If there bug remains then send it into SideFx via their website.

[Noobini]

on the Alembic node, have you tried Load As: Unpack Alembic ?

[Sedatyf]

Hey guys ! 

@marty I may try to update, but I try to keep the same version as I have at my work. But I'll see if there is changes on that. 

@Noobini If I Unpack Alembic, everything works fine, but I don't understand why is the color is applied on my alembic when I reload the scene, and not directly when I lay down the node. 

[Noobini]

for me, no unpack, no color....doesn't matter if i save. reopen, no unpack, no color...

[Sedatyf]

Thank you @Noobini for the feedback. Well that's strange. I'll check if a more recent version have this weird issue

[Noobini]

ahhh....for colouring points....you need unpack...for colouring primitives (your case), save, reopen then it works...now i bet, if you change your colouring back to points...save, reopen, the colour will disappear...

[Whatsinaname]

I had a similar issue with Alembics, also on Windows and a GTX. I ended up turning on the point numbers for orientation, as it wasnt't able to display the geo, but the point numbers.

 

[Guest tar]

@Sedatyf it's defiantly a bug but you may be able to open a new 'Scene View' tab instead of restarting Houdini.

Edited December 19, 2017 by tar

[A.Hawkin]

Hi all, 

I encountered the same issue. The problem seems to come from the fact that, whenever you load a packed primitive into Houdini, it caches the geometry data including the color. (See Cache Manager > Packed Geometry)

The workaround, as far as I know, is to: save your scene > open a new empty file > clear the Packed Geometry cache in the Cache Manager > reopen your scene

Hope this helps

[malexander]

This should be fixed in the latest daily build (394). Only the alembic part of the geometry is cached now, additional attributes are layered on top.