HOM Cookbook

The Houdini Object Model (HOM) is an application programming interface (API) that lets you get information from and control Houdini using the Python scripting language.

The HOM cookbook provides short examples using the hou module. The files used by the cookbook are located in $HFS/houdini/help/hom/cookbook, and can also be found in cookbook_files.tar.gz.

For other information about HOM, see the overview documentation.

Recipes

	Object Transform Example: A Simple Example
	Feed Example: Combining Python’s Powerful Module Library with Houdini
	Print Hip Stats Example: Load a .hip File and Inspect it
	Particle Cache Example: Writing Particle Data to a Custom Format
	Compositing Example: Building a Composite Network from a Compositing Expression
	Python Object Example: Transforms from Disk
	Python SOP Example: Color Falloff
	Python SOP Example: Surface Wires
	Python COP Example: Multi Stamp
	Bundles Example: Extending the hou Module by Wrapping Hscript
	Paths Example: Dynamically Creating Object Nodes
	PyQt Example: Writing Custom GUIs inside Houdini
	wxPython Example: Writing Custom GUIs inside Houdini

Scripting HOM Cookbook

Recipes

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