hengle / studioxtras

Repository for Houdini Studio Xtras tools.

StudioXtras

StudioXtras is a collection of tools I've built for Houdini over the past few years. They fill certain holes in the Houdini workflow and also serve as examples of how to built tools in Houdini.

Docs for Node Operators
Docs for Shelf Tools

Installation

The following dependencies are necessary for running all of the features of StudioXtras FFmpeg cURL

Several Tools are designed to work with Arnold and Deadline since that's what we've been using.

Add the following lines to your houdini.env file.

STUDIO_XTRAS="/path/to/StudioXtras/"
HOUDINI_PATH="${STUDIO_XTRAS};${ARNOLD};${DEADLINE};${OCTANE};${REDSHIFT};&"

The other plugins are just examples of how you can load multiple in one line call.
Note You can set HOUDINI_PATH this way even if you dont set the other variables. You can always easily load/unload plugins by commenting out the PLUGIN_NAME="/path/to/plugin/dir variable rather than trying to manage a long HOUDINI_PATH line.

See Houdini documentation on environment variables

1. Linux /home/${USER}/houdini18.5/houdini.env
2. MacOS /Users/${USER}/Library/Preferences/houdini/18.5/houdini.env
3. Windows C:\Users\username\Documents\houdini18.5\houdini.env