How to automatically format & convert a folder of content

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I am very new to Houdini, so apologies if some of the nomenclature is incorrect.

I work in a group that generates A LOT of content and created a Hip file that formats the content the way I need, (basically scales it, clips some stuff, and converts it to an FBX and saves it with the correct name in the correct folder). Problem is that I have to manually change the input node in my Hip file each time I need to run a new piece of content thru it.

Is there a way to tell Houdini to run each piece of content in a folder thru my existing Hip file?
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Tops.
http://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki [www.tokeru.com]
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Tops.

@Mestela,

I have found the Tops FilePattern node but cant figure out how to pass those files into my Geometry object that has my workflow i need the files to go thru, could you point me point me in a clearer direction?

(also thanks for the link to your documentation, that helped alot, and I'm sure that this one hang-up here is probably a stupid error on my part
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this may help
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/process-multiple-objects-with-tops/ [www.sidefx.com]
Tomas Slancik
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