Export, Import question

[afx]

Is there a way to export a geometry node and then import it into another file???

I am a new user to houdini, and what I am used to doing in maya is exporting selection.

[afx]

sorry anyone know how to focus the selection, so that the pivots of the perspective camera are focus on the selected geometry, again in Maya it is the f key

[TheUsualAlex]

Hi there, you can select on a node, and then hit g or h key to home it. Is this what you're looking for? If it is, you might want to build into a habit of using spacebar+g or spacebar+h.

You can RMB (right mouse button) on any node and then choose the save geometry option. if you only want a section of the geometry to be saved out, you'll have to use Delete or Blast SOP (node) to delete part of the geometry away and then save the geometry out that way. Alternatively, you might want to check out the Group SOP in there. Grouping in Houdini is a little different than that of Maya's. In the Output Network (aka ROP), there is Geometry ROP which you can use that to save out a sequence of geometry as well like you would with images.

HTH.

[afx]

nice, that is exactly what I meant, thanks for the help, I am going to give the that ROP method try, thanks again

[michael]

also a little gem I discovered a few weeks ago...

spacebar + z

will change the viewport pivot to around whatever your mouse is over...awesome when you have a big weird chunk of geometry but want to tumble around a specific area...I use this 200+ times a day.

[afx]

Aww, that really helps, I am also having a problem with the default perspective views, Near and Far clipping planes.

To adjust this in Maya, I usually select the camera and adjust the specific attribute, Is there an option in Houdini to access the perspectives cameras Near and Far planes??

Edited July 29, 2008 by Angelo

[michael]

in the viewport

hit d

Optimization Tab

[afx]

nice thanks a million