Information

Introduction

A curated toolset for Houdini built to speed up your work and improve ease of use.

Every addition is detailed in the documentation.

Changelog.

Compatibility

Houdini builds 17.0 - 20.5,
Houdini Python 2 & 3 builds,
All platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Drag & Drop

Drag and drop groups of textures, 3D formats, and merge specific nodes from a hip into the network view.

Texture/3D Objects/HDAs

PBR materials will automatically connect to the correct inputs, generate bumps/displacements.

3D Objects can be dropped on Object or Sop level.

Selective Merging

Holding 'Shift' on dropping a hip file will allow you to merge any number of nodes from that file.

Material Creation

Quickly create and assign Octane, Redshift, Arnold or Mantra materials.

Assigns materials to selected OBJ/SOP nodes.
Filter into new or existing network boxes.
Apply Houdini (cog wheel) presets.
Apply to geometry selections/groups.
Loads prior selections on reopen.

SOP/OBJ Nodes

1. Applying a single material to multiple Sop selections.
2. Applying a material per each selected Object level node.

Geometry Selections

Opening 'Assign Material' over top of a scene viewer node will allow you to apply materials to geometry groups.

Material Management

Flipbook to MP4

File Manager

Collect HIP File

Right-Click Menu Additions

Useful scripts, available in context-specific scenarios.

Open Folder

String parameters can be opened in your systems file explorer. Works variables such as $HIP.

Drag & Drop

String parameters allow you to iniate a drop onto them.

Highlight Rings

An out-of-the-box change to Houdini's network editor that highlights materials dependencies for currently selected OBJ/SOP nodes. Changing the camera in the viewport will also highlight cameras/camera switcher nodes. Enabled lights are indicated with a white circle.

Supports Mantra, Octane, Arnold & Redshift.

Lights

Easily see which lights are enabled at a glance.

Material Dependencies

Selecting Object or Sop nodes will highlight any materials assigned within the network.

Introduction

Drag & Drop

Material Creation

Material Management

Flipbook to MP4

File Manager

Collect HIP File

Right-Click Menu Additions

Highlight Rings

Deep Copy

Collect HIP File

Append Copied

HIP Defaults

AOV Loader

Versioning

Renamer

Extract

Bulk Apply Parameters

Net Clipboard

Introduction​

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Drag & Drop​

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Material Creation

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Material Management

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Flipbook to MP4

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File Manager

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Collect HIP File

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Right-Click Menu Additions​

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Highlight Rings

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Deep Copy

​

Collect HIP File

​

Append Copied​

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HIP Defaults​

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AOV Loader

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Versioning

​

Renamer

​

Extract

​

Bulk Apply Parameters

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Net Clipboard

Introduction

Drag & Drop

Right-Click Menu Additions

Append Copied

HIP Defaults