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Technical Discussion » Shelf tools in HDA version update issue

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The problem is that you end up with two shelf tools that have the same name. And in Houdini session only one tool of a given name can be active.

Thanks, now I understand what is going wrong.
But I would expect that in case of conflict, it would use the tool of the current HDA. Because that behavior would automatically “deprecate” the outdated tools.

As a “fix”, I deleted the tools from the older HDA version.
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Houdini Lounge » Naiad theme for H16 (Circular nodes - one shape to rule them all)

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The tool by bjs is still the best way to do this, amazing work!

Has anyone figured out how to embed custom node shapes in an HDA?

I added the json in the extra files section and am trying the following code in the OnCreated script:
 
node = kwargs['node']

node.setUserData("nodeshape", "opdef:/DS::Sop/my_node::2.0?myShape")

But it seems to be the wrong syntax. It seems to work for something like:

node.setUserData(“nodeshape”, “bulge_down”)
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Technical Discussion » Shelf tools in HDA version update issue

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In my HDA, in the Interactive tab under ShelfTools,
I put a bunch of scripts that generate variations of the same HDA in the TAB menu.

So I have one tool and you can basically get a preset version of it straight from the TAB menu. And it can be looked up by the name of the preset. That's all good and it works. The issue arises, when I try to update the version of this HDA.

I have the same HDA with the same script, name and namespace and incremented version suffix. But I get the old version from the TAB menu, when I use the generated labels.

The TAB menu just keeps using the scripts from the older version. (I verified that by modifying the older version and observing the change.) When I delete the scripts in the older version, the TAB menu scripts use the newer version. Is this a bug, or am doing something wrong?
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Iron Man Challenge

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What can I say that has not been said already?!

To recap:
- Great organization, big props to our organizers!
- Fantastic entries, big props to our amazing artists!
- Great learning opportunity!

On a personal note:
I think a whole month is just too crazy. I had life, family and work to deal with and it was altogether too much. I almost missed the last day, because I fell asleep from exhaustion…
I would prefer one theme over one weekend, every month or so. Something a bit more manageable.
I would also require hip file inclusion on submission. XD

There is also a significant bias towards pretty pictures versus tool demos. So I think those should be separate categories and judged differently.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 31 | Materials: Incandescent

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Keep the fire going.

Amazing showing from everyone throughout the month. I don't know about everyone else, but for me this was a very humbling experience in which I discovered a lot of things I still have to learn and improve.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 30 | Materials: Rough

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I'm out of steam.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 29 | Materials: Silky

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Why does the pillow remind me of pighead? I must be tired. I better go to bed…
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 28 | Materials: Noise

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Many really amazing entries today.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 27 | Materials: Translucent

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As usual, rending was the worst. XD
Eventually gave up on Mantra and went with karma screenshot… Next time I'll go for karma from the start and try to increase the quality there.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 26 | Materials: Metallic

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Made my paneling process more stable and turned it into an HDA.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 25 | Worlds: Underground

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I ended up making a very nice intersection analysis tool for the curves, but used only a part of its ability.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 24 | Worlds: Ancient

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Started on a temple generator, but did not have enough time to make it presentable.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 23 | Worlds: Waterway

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I got started on a procedural waterslide tool.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 22 | Worlds: Sky

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Enjoyed doing the comp work on this.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 21 | Worlds: Urban

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Not happy with this one. I need to take my time and do this properly.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 20 | Worlds: Space

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Dum dum dum dum…
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 19 | Worlds: Peak

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I modified the heightfield paint sop so it paints mesh brushes. I think it makes for pretty interesting workflows and probably should be turned into a standard sop.

I don't know why, but I had trouble viewing the video when embedded. If you have the same issue, view it on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX5MSWq5zhg&feature=youtu.be [www.youtube.com]
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 18 | Animals: Muscle

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Tommy the musclehead.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 17 | Animals: Bones

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I call it:
Julio
He died when he stumbled on the way out of a window.
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HOULY Daily Challenge » Day 16 | Animals: Feathers

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Mantra just gave me the most miserable time with this one.
Thing I wanted to try to make visible is, that feathers are kind of fractal. You have the main spine (level 1) and on that spine the spines to the sides (level 2) and on every one of those you have lots of tiny spikes (level 3) that intersect with the ones from the neighboring level 2 spikes. I presume it provides structural integrity while being flexible and lightweight. Fascinating stuff.
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