Does it work with H20.5?

Yes.

Hi, I am trying to batch convert mantra materials of kitbash models to materialx , I am using houdini 20.0 but the tool casts this error:
Error creating mtlx file: The attempted operation failed.
Invalid node type name for Node: /obj/KB3D_CyberPunk/matnet/KB3D_CBP_AtlasDetails
Error creating mtlx file: The attempted operation failed.
Invalid node type name for Node: /obj/KB3D_CyberPunk/matnet/KB3D_CBP_AtlasDetails
Error creating mtlx file: The attempted operation failed.
Invalid node type name for Node: /obj/KB3D_CyberPunk/matnet/KB3D_CBP_AtlasDetails
Error creating mtlx file: The attempted operation failed.
Invalid node type name for Node: /obj/KB3D_CyberPunk/matnet/KB3D_CBP_AtlasDetails
Node not supported: global
Node not supported: global
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: collect
Node not supported: computelighting::2.0
Node not supported: bind
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: collect
Node not supported: computelighting::2.0
Node not supported: bind
Error creating mtlx file: The attempted operation failed.
Invalid node type name for Node: /obj/KB3D_CyberPunk/matnet/KB3D_CBP_AtlasDetails
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: collect
Node not supported: computelighting::2.0
Node not supported: bind
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: output
Node not supported: collect
Node not supported: computelighting::2.0
Node not supported: bind

I wonder if this functionality works only for houdini 19?
or if I am doing something wrong
Thank you in advance!

Hi all,

I've just installed OD Houdini shelf tools for houdini 20.5.410 win11.

I put ODHoudiniShelfTools2021 in C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.410\Plugins\
I can add any python panels to desktop but 2 : "OD asset library" and "OD snapshotManager".


"OD asset library" gives me this error message :

There is an error in the OD Asset Library script.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels/assetLibrary.pypanel", line 3, in createInterface
<!-- This file contains definitions of Python interfaces and the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".\assetLibrary.py", line 10207, in __init__
File ".\assetLibrary.py", line 9147, in readDirectories
PermissionError: Permission denied: 'C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels\\assetLibraryDirectories.json'


"OD snapshotManager" gives me this message :

There is an error in the OD snapshotManager script.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels/snapshotManager.pypanel", line 4, in onCreateInterface
interfaces menu. It should not be hand-edited when it is being
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".\snapshotManager.py", line 1374, in start
File ".\snapshotManager.py", line 1026, in refresh
PermissionError: Permission denied: 'C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels\\snapshotManagerPrefs.json'


So it seems there is maybe some permission problem.

Any solution to make them work ?

Thanx.

Jip
Hi all,

I've just installed OD Houdini shelf tools for houdini 20.5.410 win11.

I put ODHoudiniShelfTools2021 in C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.410\Plugins\
I can add any python panels to desktop but 2 : "OD asset library" and "OD snapshotManager".


"OD asset library" gives me this error message :

There is an error in the OD Asset Library script.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels/assetLibrary.pypanel", line 3, in createInterface
<!-- This file contains definitions of Python interfaces and the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".\assetLibrary.py", line 10207, in __init__
File ".\assetLibrary.py", line 9147, in readDirectories
PermissionError: Permission denied: 'C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels\\assetLibraryDirectories.json'


"OD snapshotManager" gives me this message :

There is an error in the OD snapshotManager script.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels/snapshotManager.pypanel", line 4, in onCreateInterface
interfaces menu. It should not be hand-edited when it is being
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".\snapshotManager.py", line 1374, in start
File ".\snapshotManager.py", line 1026, in refresh
PermissionError: Permission denied: 'C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.410/Plugins/ODHoudiniShelfTools2021/python_panels\\snapshotManagerPrefs.json'


So it seems there is maybe some permission problem.

Any solution to make them work ?

Thanx.

that is not where you should install ODTools. you should NEVER put your 3rd party tools into the sidefx program files folder. Please read the installation instructions again. https://www.notion.so/odtools/Installation-Update-1c040264a79e46799e5617be99587ef0 [www.notion.so]

oliver7
that is not where you should install ODTools. you should NEVER put your 3rd party tools into the sidefx program files folder. Please read the installation instructions again. https://www.notion.so/odtools/Installation-Update-1c040264a79e46799e5617be99587ef0 [www.notion.so]

I read it before installing and saw :

1 Simply unzip the folder into a folder of your choice.
Typically I make a folder called: ODHoudiniShelfTools2021 and copy it into the houdini documents folder.
...
If you are choosing to put the tools into a different location, modify the paths in the .json file.

This is what I did (modify the path in the .json file). But I will change the location. Better than doing wrong thing with permissions.

Thanx.