Month: July 2026

Arnold, Copernicus, Houdini, Karma, Mantra, Octane, Pipeline, Python, Redshift, Renderman, Scripting, Solaris, Substance Painter, Tools

Houdini Asset Handler

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Houdini Asset Handler

» What can you do with this Houdini Python tool ? « Generate Houdini Assets (HDA) with thumbnails & copy external files. Define metadata for searching etc. Create versions of your assets and generate variations. Place assets directly into the SceneViewer or the NetworkViewer. Context-sensitive. Use the PythonViewer states for placing or replacing. Use local

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Axiom, Copernicus, Deadline, Houdini, Karma, TOPs

Give me some wedges, Deadline.

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Give me some wedges, Deadline.

» A Houdini TOPS recipe for creating wedges for simulations and other purposes. « I never really get used to the TOP’s context (PDG). I mostly wrote Python scripts tailored to my needs. However, I wanted to streamline my caching and wedging workflow. And it should work distributed with Deadline. The LAB’s caching node incorporates

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