I recently started learning Houdini and have been following tutorials. For a while I was getting good results but recently my scene started rendering nothing but black. File attached. I have tried:

• turning display on and off
  
• removing and re-adding output node
  
• changing renderer from raytrace to pbr
  
• adding/removing objects
  
• adding/removing takes
  
• adding removing/lights
  
• save-as new file
  
• restart Houdini and computer
  

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Working with Houdini Indie 16.0.504.20
iMac 2011 27"
Mac OS 10.11.6

I checked out your file on Windows 10 and it renders fine. I see the airplane and the ground. Under the Render View make sure you have selected one of the cameras.

Hey enivob, thanks for checking it out. I have definitely tried selecting all the cameras and still get nothing.

When I ctl-click on the black areas of the image it reports “no shader present” under the point, which seems suspect.

dselected
Hey enivob, thanks for checking it out. I have definitely tried selecting all the cameras and still get nothing.

When I ctl-click on the black areas of the image it reports “no shader present” under the point, which seems suspect.

Your scene seems to render fine when you are viewing ‘take1’, however switching to ‘ main ’ results in a black render. Is it possible you're viewing the wrong take?

Hey sakeating, I have tried both explicitly. I can't get a render in either.

Are you using Houdini on Mac?

dselected
Hey sakeating, I have tried both explicitly. I can't get a render in either.

Are you using Houdini on Mac?

I'm on windows. I'm not seeing anything obvious which should make the scene render black. You may want to submit a question with your .hip and OS, so it can be tested on a Mac.

Thanks, done.