i heard otl mamy times.. but i don't know for sure what is the otl..
i couldn't find otl anywhere in houdini..
if there someone who can describe it briefly..
please leave a breif description

it stands for Operator Type Library…

watch these vids:
http://sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au/houdini_video/by_topic/general/index.html [sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au]
(the top two)

Operator Type Library
aka
HDA (Houdini Digital Assets)
aka
Custom Types
aka
Those thingies

An OTL is a collection of custom made networks that have been packaged up into a neat bundle. Common example is an arm. Instead of having a bunch of bones and nulls sitting in a network you can select all those nodes and collapse them into a single node with your own parameters. OTLs is a fairly large topic and they are actually pretty simple once you get past all the terminology.

There are some video tutorials on OTLs here.
http://sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au/houdini_video/version6/index.html [sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au]
“Digital Assets” section.

arctor
it stands for Operator Type Library…

watch these vids:
http://sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au/houdini_video/by_topic/general/index.html [sidefx.vislab.usyd.edu.au]
(the top two)

pfffft…..

I was first….JC distracted me.
:wink:

There's no way you can win with an answer that long. That's why my answers are always short.

It's not about being first Jim…it's about being First!

As usual, I always liked Mr. Wolffy's answer….

“Those thinggies”


I like that. :mrgreen:

Yeah but he missed aka “Plugin”

“Plugin” has the wrong connotation though as creating an asset doesn't require programming.

thanks guys ..now i definitely understand it..

edward
“Plugin” has the wrong connotation though as creating an asset doesn't require programming.

True, but when describing to someone why Houdini has no plugins its the way they understand