In threaded mode, this is an async call!
This method will merge the HIP file into the scene. This means
that any registered hou.hipFile event callbacks will be triggered
with the hou.hipFileEventType.BeforeMerge and
hou.hipFileEventType.AfterMerge events.
Usage ¶
mergeHIPFile(session: hapi.Session, file_name: str, cook_on_load: bool) → int
Loads a .hip file into the main Houdini scene.
session
The session of Houdini you are interacting with. See hapi.Session for more on sessions. Pass None to just use the default in-process session.
file_name
Absolute path to the .hip file to load.
cook_on_load
Set to True if you wish the nodes to cook as soon as they are created. Otherwise, you will have to call hapi.cookNode explicitly for each after you call this function.
Returns file_id as a int.