I'm working on a quite heavy scene and I've noticed when I select a node with display or template flags off houdini still cooks it to show a “thumbnail” of the node in the viewport. On heavy scenes it's quite annoying Is there a was to change that behavior ? Can't find it in the preferences but maybe I'm missing something !
You can do that if viewport is not visible. I hide viewport with a Ctrl + B on parameter or other one pane. It's very useful if you need to open a file without cooking you scene.
If you RMB click on the Select Geometry tool (2nd icon down on the left toolbar), you'll get a menu with a radio list at the bottom - “Show Display Operator” and “Show Current Operator”. Change this to show the display operator, and it won't display the current geometry in the viewport when you select a SOP.
twod If you RMB click on the Select Geometry tool (2nd icon down on the left toolbar), you'll get a menu with a radio list at the bottom - “Show Display Operator” and “Show Current Operator”. Change this to show the display operator, and it won't display the current geometry in the viewport when you select a SOP.
malexander If you RMB click on the Select Geometry tool (2nd icon down on the left toolbar), you'll get a menu with a radio list at the bottom - "Show Display Operator" and "Show Current Operator". Change this to show the display operator, and it won't display the current geometry in the viewport when you select a SOP.
my goodness, thank you!!! This was driving me insane!