Hi,

I am using apprentice 11 atm, and was doing things in program trying to export via geometry format, and something caused a crash, and then when I restarted and tried to insert simple sphere from panel, I got the error as below. Repeated attempts to insert other geometry objects , such as torus etc, give same error.

How do I resolve this
Windows 7 64bit

Thx
nl

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File “sop_sphere”, line 8, in <module>
File “CPROGRA~1/3D/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.733/houdini/python2.6libs\toolutils.py”, line 759, in new_func
“Failed to modify node or parameter because of a permission ”
Error: Failed to modify node or parameter because of a permission error. Possible causes include locked assets, takes, product permissions or user-specified permission "

Try removing your settings folder for houdini11.0. Should be somewhere in Documents and Settings if running Windows (best guess).

Erik_JE
Try removing your settings folder for houdini11.0. Should be somewhere in Documents and Settings if running Windows (best guess).

I tried going into C:\Users\neighborlee\Documents < houdini dir there, and renamed one of the dirs , to no avail. I then backed up one level and renamed houdini81 to *bak, and restarted houdini,and voila instant fix

Thanks to you for your help,and Ill try be more keenly aware of what Im doing, though I'm not entirely sure what caused this

cheers
nl

Sometimes at crashes the files can get screwed up. Sh*t happens so to say

Glad it worked.

Hello.

I have a similar problem, but on mac os, when I create a sphere or a cube from the shelf . Tell me how to solve the problem.

I would be very grateful!

On OSX, the Houdini preference directory is here:
~/Library/Preferences/houdini/13.0/

Rename 13.0 to something else.

1) Close Houdini and Make all files in system visible

In Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true

killall Finder

2) Find folder

/Users/USER_NAME/Library/Preferences/houdini/13.0

Exactly through “/Users/USER_NAME (usually it is closed)/Library/Preferences/houdini/13.0”

3) Rename or delete folder “13.0”

4) Make files invisible

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false

killall Finder

5) Launch Houdini

For the less terminal savvy - to reveal the hidden Library folder;

click on the ‘Go’ menu and press the option key on the keyboard, the Library folder appears

Delete the directory ~/Library/Preferences/houdini/otls