Node Tools

The nodes module provides tools related to dealing with a Houdini nodes.

disconnect_all_inputs

The disconnect_all_inputs() function will disconnect all the node’s inputs.

disconnect_all_outputs

The disconnect_all_outputs() function will disconnect all the node’s outputs.

get_containing_node

The get_containing_node() function will return the nearest parent node which is of a different node type category than the passed node.

# Skips the parent Subnet as it is a SOP node the contains SOPs.
>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_containing_node(hou.node("/obj/geo1/subnet1/file1"))
<hou.ObjNode of type geo at /obj/geo1>
>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_containing_node(hou.node("/obj/geo1/subnet1"))
<hou.ObjNode of type geo at /obj/geo1>
>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_containing_node(hou.node("/obj/geo1"))
<hou.OpNode at /obj>
>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_containing_node(hou.node("/obj"))
<hou.OpNode at />
>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_containing_node(hou.node("/"))
None

get_node_author

The get_node_author() function will return the user name of the node’s creator.

This function used opls -d -l to extract the information

>>> houdini_core_tools.nodes.get_node_author(hou.node('/obj/geo1'))
'graham'

/ -> opls -d -l /obj/geo1
d---e-cs /obj/geo1                      Aug 23 09:24 graham [rwxrwxrwx]

get_node_descriptive_parameter

The get_node_descriptive_parameter() function will return the user name of the node’s creator.

get_node_dive_target

The get_node_dive_target() function will return the user name of the node’s creator.