I don't use the shelf tools frequently, but in some cases it's nice to grab a network to modify. The Flames tool on the pyro shelf is a good example.

I've got a shot/scene that doesn't start on frame 1, and when I attempt to use the Flames tool to drop down a quick and dirty pyro network, I get a ‘No Surface Found’ error with this trace:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “pyro_burn”, line 5, in <module>
File “C: /PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.258/houdini/python2.7libs\doppyrotoolutils.py”, line 1786, in burn
sourcenode = dopsmoketoolutils.convertObjectToSourceSink(pyronode, fuel, convertmode, addnoise=True)
File “C: /PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.258/houdini/python2.7libs\dopsmoketoolutils.py”, line 626, in convertObjectToSourceSink
sourcenode = createSopSourceForDop(fluidnode, objectnode, sourcesink, subtype, addnoise)
File “C: /PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.258/houdini/python2.7libs\dopsmoketoolutils.py”, line 3750, in createSopSourceForDop
raise hou.Error(“No %s Found” % convertmode)
Error: No Surface Found

Is this a known limitation?

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mC