Right now i am using houdini apprentice version is it possible to

save hip file in ascii format if we purchase houdini master license

Sab

When you purchase the master license, Side Effects will do a one-time conversion of all your apprentice licenses to master.

-jeff

conversion is good but is it possible to view ascii code of scene file like maya ascii file

HIP files are saved as a .cpio archive (similar to tar).
If you have an editor that can deal with binary data such as vim, then you can view the parts of the scene file that are written out as ascii data. Geometry is saved as binary data.

You can use the command line tool:

hexpand

usage: hexpand <hip_file>
-p: prepends the ‘cpio.’ prefix to the contents and dir files

hexpand will expand a Houdini scene file into a directory structure
that can be browsed and edited using standard tools, then collapsed
back into a regular .hip file using hcollapse

I don't know if this command is available to Apprentice users but you give it a try. It requires you to use a shell with the Houdini environment in place. You can open such a shell from Houdini's main menu.

Thanks Jeff