What should I do before installing Houdini?

Please see each pre-flight check to ensure your Houdini installation will be successful


Workstation

  1. Please make sure your machine meets our system requirements. See the System Requirements page for more details. If your machine does not meet the system requirements, it is not supported and we cannot provide support for unsupported machines.

  2. If you plan to let SideFX host your Houdini licenses, this will require an internet connection. See here if your workstation don't have one.

SideFX Login

  1. You will need to register or login into your SideFX web account. www.sidefx.com to download the software.

  2. Follow the Houdini installation FAQ here

NOTE:

Your web account is not your license account. It's purpose is only to facilitate web services such as downloading the software and make forum posts.