Installation

Source

In order to install this tool you’ll first need to get a copy of the files from Github. You can either clone the repository or download and extract an official release.

Adding to Houdini

houdini-core-tools supports being loaded into Houdini in multiple ways:

Rez Package

This package supports Rez packaging via a package.py file in the root directory.

Houdini Package

This tool comes with a houdini_core_tools.json file which can be used to tell Houdini how to load the package. Add the containing directory to $HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR or one of the other methods defined here

Path Based Setup

In order to manually setup the tooling you’ll need to do the following:

  • Add the src/houdini path to $HOUDINI_PATH

  • Add the src/python path to $PYTHONPATH

Requirements

This package is designed to require no external dependencies, other than Houdini itself.