Hi,

May be dumb question.

How can i open files from External HD into houdini without copying them into my Mac HD.
I can not see the external HD directory in Houdini whenever i try to open files saved in External HD.

Thanks.

Steve

OS X mounts external hard drives to /Volumes/ so you can find it by navigating there through the file chooser. You could probably then add that folder to the quick list on the left with the + button.

Alternatively, you could enable the Mac style chooser by setting HOUDINI_USE_NATIVE_FILE = 1 in your houdini.env file and you'll see it show up as you would in a regular OS X window.

Thank you very much.
Sorry for getting back to you late.
I just came back from out of town.
Thank you so much again. I will try it now.

Steve

Sorry I was out of country for a while.
I am still having trouble in figuring it out.
First, where is houdini.env ?
Can you help me again please

Steve

Take a look at this page from the docs.

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini11.0/basics/macosx#id313426 [sidefx.com]

Hi,

I still can not see external HD in Houdini when i click File>Open in Houdini
I did replace the file name in houdini.env as you mentioned.
Can you further help me please ?

Also, how can i delete files that i do not need in houdini ?
Thank you very much.

Steve

graham
OS X mounts external hard drives to /Volumes/ so you can find it by navigating there through the file chooser. You could probably then add that folder to the quick list on the left with the + button.

Alternatively, you could enable the Mac style chooser by setting HOUDINI_USE_NATIVE_FILE = 1 in your houdini.env file and you'll see it show up as you would in a regular OS X window.

WHERE CAN I FIND “ houdini.env”?