C++ Wrangle: The Last Frontier In Custom Tool Development From Within Houdini

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ripclaw: Member; 96 posts; Joined: May 2008; Offline

Oct. 25, 2016 5:36 a.m.

Have you by chance heard back from Sidefx regarding whether they plan to incorporate it? This would be very, very cool. I mean, in-app access to its C++ SDK? That's be a first I think, and it's just super powerful.


animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

Oct. 25, 2016 11:21 p.m.

AFAIK no, but SESI knows best. I also would like to have this as a built-in tool so your best bet is to submit an RFE and ask them to add this SOP/functionality into Houdini by default.

SESI did a lot so I am sure they could do this too if they wanted.

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animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

June 23, 2017 5:24 p.m.

Bump for H17 or a nice update for H16.5

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kodbitz: Member; 8 posts; Joined: Sept. 2019; Offline

Oct. 8, 2019 9:04 a.m.

Bump for H16.5 - failed
Bump for H17 - failed
Bump for H17.5 - failed
Bump for H18 ?


animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

Oct. 14, 2019 1:43 a.m.

H18 - There is still hope

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volodXYZ: Member; 12 posts; Joined: Oct. 2020; Offline

Dec. 24, 2020 3:04 a.m.

Bump for H19.


animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

Dec. 25, 2020 3:12 a.m.

H19 = There is hope

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Soothsayer: Member; 875 posts; Joined: Oct. 2008; Online

Dec. 28, 2020 7:16 a.m.

Surely a Haskell wrangle would be the last frontier, sideffects and all.

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animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

Dec. 29, 2020 1:53 a.m.

That will come right after Lisp Wrangle

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Rusoloco73: Member; 8 posts; Joined: March 2013; Offline

July 10, 2025 4:44 p.m.

Why in the name of Jesus this thing its not in Houdini by default


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July 11, 2025 3:03 a.m.

Rusoloco73
Why in the name of Jesus this thing its not in Houdini by default

I have an RFE from 9 years ago at the time of the creation of this node: #36356. Please bump it up so SESI can add this to H21

Implementing this would require shipping Houdini with C++ compilers, which may be one reason it's still missing, but I think it's absolutely worth it.

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Umang_Raj: Member; 45 posts; Joined: March 2024; Offline

July 12, 2025 11:15 a.m.

animatrix_
Rusoloco73
Why in the name of Jesus this thing its not in Houdini by default

I have an RFE from 9 years ago at the time of the creation of this node: #36356. Please bump it up so SESI can add this to H21

Implementing this would require shipping Houdini with C++ compilers, which may be one reason it's still missing, but I think it's absolutely worth it.

isn't it already available with inlinecpp?


animatrix_: Member; 5042 posts; Joined: Feb. 2012; Offline

July 12, 2025 12:10 p.m.

Umang_Raj
animatrix_
Rusoloco73
Why in the name of Jesus this thing its not in Houdini by default

I have an RFE from 9 years ago at the time of the creation of this node: #36356. Please bump it up so SESI can add this to H21

Implementing this would require shipping Houdini with C++ compilers, which may be one reason it's still missing, but I think it's absolutely worth it.
isn't it already available with inlinecpp?

You still need to install the right version of MSVC and the Windows SDK (on Windows, for example), so it's not exactly plug-and-play.

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Umang_Raj: Member; 45 posts; Joined: March 2024; Offline

July 12, 2025 10:25 p.m.

animatrix_
Umang_Raj
animatrix_
Rusoloco73
Why in the name of Jesus this thing its not in Houdini by default

I have an RFE from 9 years ago at the time of the creation of this node: #36356. Please bump it up so SESI can add this to H21

Implementing this would require shipping Houdini with C++ compilers, which may be one reason it's still missing, but I think it's absolutely worth it.
isn't it already available with inlinecpp?

You still need to install the right version of MSVC and the Windows SDK (on Windows, for example), so it's not exactly plug-and-play.

I think Vex and OpenCL are still a better option, the peoples who want advanced controls can setup inlinecpp.
But anyways, it is great, and I hope it will be added!

Edited by Umang_Raj - July 12, 2025 22:25:28

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