Hi everyone,
I tried using `hou.putenv()` to update value of some Houdini variable. I found out that `hou.putenv()` only update the value and os.environ dict for $HIP but not $JOB (on Linux, Windows, Python 2 & 3). Is there any special reason behind this?
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Technical Discussion » Questions on `hou.putenv()`
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Technical Discussion » Adding custom comboBox into Houdini main menu bar
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I have looked a bit further into `MainMenuCommon.xml` and see the submenu for Desktop Menu, Radial Menu & Takes Menu are only available for `mbsd` platform (I guess this is MacOS)
Does that mean on other platforms such as: Windows or Linux, these menus are "specially" treated in some other way for that look-and-feel (e.g. combo box)?
Does that mean on other platforms such as: Windows or Linux, these menus are "specially" treated in some other way for that look-and-feel (e.g. combo box)?
Technical Discussion » Adding custom comboBox into Houdini main menu bar
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Hi all,
I have been wondering if it is possible for us to add some custom combombox into Houdini main menu bar. For example, something like in the snapshot attached.
Thank you in advance
I have been wondering if it is possible for us to add some custom combombox into Houdini main menu bar. For example, something like in the snapshot attached.
Thank you in advance
Technical Discussion » Does Flibook take into account pixel aspect ratio?
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EnivobThank you very much for you reply.
All flip book is doing is a screen grab from the current aspect ratio of the 3D viewport (make it real tiny for a test). That screen grab is stretched to the requested resolution on the Size tab of the Render Flipbook dialog. Instead of clicking once on the MPlay icon, try clicking and holding on the icon. This should bring up the setting dialog I mentioned. On the Output tab, you may want to change Render from Current Viewport to Current Beauty Pass. this will remove a lot of the on-screen guides with out having to fuss with D-KEY flags.
You may have better luck by dropping down an OpenGL rop in the /out context and configuring your render using that node, which does not stretch the viewport.
If I'm going to flipbook my screen, I leave my camera at 1280x720 and stretch my viewport to that approximate size.
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear in my original post. I did set the resolution in Flipbook Setting/Size to match my camera resolution. The viewport look correct but result in MPlay/JPG output is still squeezed.
Technical Discussion » Does Flibook take into account pixel aspect ratio?
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Hi all,
I have a simple scene.
Just Craig geometry and a camera with pixel aspect ratio set to 2 and resolution to 2200x2160. Looking through the camera I can see the mask scale correctly. However when flipbooking through Mplay, I can only see squeezed frames. I am wondering if Houdini's flipbook tool take into account pixel aspect ratio?
I am testing on H18 & H18.5
Regards,
I have a simple scene.
Just Craig geometry and a camera with pixel aspect ratio set to 2 and resolution to 2200x2160. Looking through the camera I can see the mask scale correctly. However when flipbooking through Mplay, I can only see squeezed frames. I am wondering if Houdini's flipbook tool take into account pixel aspect ratio?
I am testing on H18 & H18.5
Regards,
Technical Discussion » Issues with All viewport Flipbooking with motion blur ON
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twodThank you for your response. I am wondering if there is a plan to support this in the future?
Unfortunately the flipbook can't do motion blur when rendering all viewports. That option should really be disabled when rendering all viewports.
If you dont mind, may I have another question.
Where Houdini store the default/original setting for Flipbook? Is there an way I can query this via `hou` package?
Regards,
Tung
Edited by tung - Nov. 23, 2020 15:41:00
Technical Discussion » Issues with All viewport Flipbooking with motion blur ON
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Hi all,
I ran into an issue today when trying to flipbook All viewports, with Motion Blur on. The flipbook result only contains partial of ONE viewport.
With motion blur OFF, I can see the result of all viewports.
I've tested with both 18.0 and 18.5.
Is this a known issue or I miss something in the set up?
Additionally, where Houdini store the default/original setting for Flipbook? Is there an way I can query this via `hou` package?
Kind regards,
Tung
I ran into an issue today when trying to flipbook All viewports, with Motion Blur on. The flipbook result only contains partial of ONE viewport.
With motion blur OFF, I can see the result of all viewports.
I've tested with both 18.0 and 18.5.
Is this a known issue or I miss something in the set up?
Additionally, where Houdini store the default/original setting for Flipbook? Is there an way I can query this via `hou` package?
Kind regards,
Tung
Edited by tung - Nov. 23, 2020 15:26:59
PDG/TOPs » How to create custom PDG Python Processor preset
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Hi @BrandonA,
Do you know if there is a way for such thing in current Houdini?
Cheers,
Do you know if there is a way for such thing in current Houdini?
BrandonA
To clarify – you want to add some custom parameters to the node's interface when your custom preset is selected?
Cheers,
PDG/TOPs » How to create custom PDG Python Processor preset
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BrandonAHi Brandon, yes. That's what I am after.
To clarify – you want to add some custom parameters to the node's interface when your custom preset is selected?
Thank you.
PDG/TOPs » How to create custom PDG Python Processor preset
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Hello again,
I am just back to this topic after a while.
I am currently looking for a way to trigger some custom parameters generate when I click on my custom preset. Would that be possible?
Cheers,
Tung
I am just back to this topic after a while.
I am currently looking for a way to trigger some custom parameters generate when I click on my custom preset. Would that be possible?
Cheers,
Tung
Technical Discussion » Houdini 18.0.391 crashes on launch
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edwardThank you so much @edward. It is super nice finding.
For reference, I've posted a workaround here: https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/72381/?page=1#post-306414 [www.sidefx.com]
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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edwardSo there might be some packages get updated make the issue go away.
ugh … good news and some bad news. I updated the packages in the VM and now it doesn't reproduce anymore.
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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edward
I could tell what was missing because there was a message in the terminal each time I tried to launch Houdini about which libraries that it couldn't find.
I got no unusual log at all on my machine as you can see in the gif.
http://imgur.com/a/kgy3z1x [imgur.com]
I am wondering if running with -foreground flag giving me more verbosity? I may try it tonight after work to see if I can see more information.
Cheers,
Tung
Edited by tung - March 9, 2020 22:54:13
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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edward
PS. I needed to first run “sudo yum install libnsl mesa-libGLU-devel” before I could start Houdini though because of missing dependencies.
Hey @edward,
Interesting, how do you come up installing those extra lib? Prompting by OS or Houdini, etc.?
Indeed, I was told by Support to try installing the `libnsl` as well but it had been existed on my machine. This is how I check it
ldd $HFS/bin/houdini-bin | grep libnsl libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007f0f58e02000)
Edited by tung - March 9, 2020 22:26:56
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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rvinluanHi Rob,tung
I am not sure if my situation is the same to you or not but I started having instant signal 11 since build 391+.
Hello,
So is build 391 the very first build that had the crash? Can you confirm that build 18.0.390 or even build 18.0.389 still works?
Cheers,
Rob
I was running b348 then installed 391 and experienced the crash, same thing with 399, 400. I cannot find the link for earlier than 391. Can you provide me the link? I am happy to testing to track down which build it started crashing.
Cheers,
Tung
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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Hmmm, I made a bug report to SESI on my case. I would recommend you making a bug report to SESI too. So they have more information about the crash on different Linux variants, which might help to narrow down faster.
Technical Discussion » Fedora 30 H18 build 398+ issues
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Hi mzigaib,
I am not sure if my situation is the same to you or not but I started having instant signal 11 since build 391+. Mine OS is KDE Neon 5.18.2. I recorded a gif.
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/72303/?page=1#post-305922 [www.sidefx.com]
I haven't figured out what is going on yet.
Regards,
I am not sure if my situation is the same to you or not but I started having instant signal 11 since build 391+. Mine OS is KDE Neon 5.18.2. I recorded a gif.
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/72303/?page=1#post-305922 [www.sidefx.com]
I haven't figured out what is going on yet.
Regards,
PDG/TOPs » How to create custom PDG Python Processor preset
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PDG/TOPs » How to create custom PDG Python Processor preset
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Hi all,
I am wondering if there is a way to create custom “preset” for PDG's Python Processor node like Parm Evaluation, Clone Upstream Items, etc.?
Thank you.
I am wondering if there is a way to create custom “preset” for PDG's Python Processor node like Parm Evaluation, Clone Upstream Items, etc.?
Thank you.
Technical Discussion » Houdini 18.0.391 crashes on launch
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The crash log doesn't say much either
Unknown App Version 18.0.391
Uptime 1 seconds
Tue Mar 3 22:27:02 2020
Caught signal 11
Unknown App Version 18.0.391
Uptime 1 seconds
Tue Mar 3 22:27:02 2020
Caught signal 11
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