Save Custom Panel Externally

[iamjaideep80]

Hi Everybody,

I am creating a custom panel to add my own scripts to it. It is very useful, but I don't know how to save the panel externally in a file.

I know there is one option called "save panel to Hip", and i tested it by turning it off. But the panel remains only in the current sesssion. If i restart Houdini, it goes off.

Or is there a method by which i can create the panel thru Script and run that script whenever i start Houdini.

Plz tell me more.

Thanking in advance.

.............. Iamjaideep80

[grasshopper]

You can use the cuexport command in a textport to save out your panel. If you put the .cui file in your houdini?.?/custom folder it will be available to all your houdini sessions.

[iamjaideep80]

Hi grasshopper,

Your trick worked! Thank u very much.

I copied the cui file to custom folder and now I can load my custom panel evry time Houdini starts. But I don't know why there is no interface for loading and saving custom panels. But as far as it is working, No Probs.

But, can u tell me, if it is a custom panel, "Idealy" ,it should be loaded from user pref folder, that is $HOME. Can we change the path?

Any way, Thanks again.

-------- iamjaideep80

[edward]

As mentioned on your cross-post on the main SESI forum, there *is* a UI for it. When you edit your panel, uncheck the checkbox at the top that says "Save to HIP file". As for the save location, it *should* be in $HOME/houdini8.0/custom.