The VEX methods for getting the transform of a prim no longer require that the prim be an Xformable. These methods will work on any prim type by assuming that the transform of any non-Xformable prim is the same as its closest Xformable ancestor.

Fix crash that could occur in the Pack Extend SOP when changing the paths that it replaced.

Added a new example for popwindshadow.

• Add a field in display options > background menu that changesthe opacity of background image/video in viewports
• Add HOM support for changing the opacity of background
• Fix issues with saving/loading opacity and brightness of backgroundto/from default and .hip files
• Auto-populate fields in display options > background menuwith video source data upon selecting a new video file
• Add a button in display options > background menu that resetsthe value of video frame rate to video source frame rate
• Refactor video parameters in OPUI_RotoscopeData

Added support for a new Houdini startup script, uiready.py, that runs after the UI has finished initialization and is available.

• In the display options window, added the ability to specify how abackground image should be fit to the viewport.
• Fixed legacy issues that resulted in unpredictable results when zoomingin on an orthographic viewport with active auto-placed background images.

Fixed all Instanced Foliage Actors being dirty-ed when removing a foliage type.

Stopped foliage removal dirtying all Instanced Foliage Actors in a scene

The primitive path column in the scene graph details table view is now resizeable like all the other columns. Also, the Scene Graph Details table view primitive path column now elides text onthe left instead of the right.

The Scene Graph Details table view primitive path column now elides text onthe left instead of the right.

The Scene Graph Details table view primitive path column now elides text onthe left instead of the right.

Fixed the Compute Rig Pose SOP to make it work with spare inputs in compiled mode within a For Each Loop.

Fixed the Compute Rig Pose SOP to make it work with spare inputs in compiled mode within a For Each Loop.

Added the ability to pull on Bezier and cubic segments in the graph editor to intuitively control their shapes. Clicking and dragging on a segment will change the slope/accel values such that the curve intersects the mouse cursor as closely as possible.

Added support for specifying a population mask when importing a USD file using the USD Import TOP.

The SOP viewport now supports displaying time-dependent guide geometry for a node that is not time-dependent.

Added a new mode to the Shrinkwrap SOP which computes a 2D convex hull.

SOP Import now supports importing SOP attributes with any tuple size. If the tuple size doesn't correspond to a standard type (e.g. float4), then the attribute will be imported as an array of scalars with the elementType authored (e.g. float[] elementSize 7).

Fixed a number of issues when using the Layout LOP to edit an existing point instancer. This workflow should now behave properly, though as before, if the point instancer is changed upstream, the downstream Layout LOP won't adopt these changes unless you "Reset Changes" to reinitialize the Layout LOP, which loses all work done so far.

Added support for data layers.

Fixed Houdini Asset Component properties not serializing correctly.

Fixed Houdini Asset Component properites not serializing correctly.

Added support for 3ds Max 2024 to the Houdini Engine for 3ds Max plugin.

The Merge Packed SOP now sports an option for setting the new treatasfolder intrinsic. This intrinsic marks the packed geometry primitive so that various UI elements (eg. Rig Tree pane) can treat it semantically as a folder.