Problem is exactly as the title says: In Houdini 10, shader view works fine, however in Houdini 11 when I click on a shader ball that I want to view in shader view, the shader view shader ball just stays the default white, it doesn't even try to update it, it just does nothing.
Not sure if it makes a difference, but I do NOT have a workstation gfx card (I have an 8800gtx), but seeing as how it works in H10, I don't see that being the problem. Unless something was changed of course.
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I tried these versions, didn't have success with either.
v11.0.446.9
v11.0.462
Windows Vista 64bit
Windows 7 64bit
Haven't tried Linux yet
Any help or ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks
Shader view not working after upgrade to H11.
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You're right; the shader view has taken a backseat to IPR rendering. If you havent tried IPR/Render View, please do – it provides far more than the Shader View.
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Same problem with build 470.
This is really not working right, at least for me, all the shader goes black, if I delete some VEX nodes inside sometimes it appears right on the shader view but for most of the time the result is the same.
I also notice that if I try to see the decal shader from the gallery on the shader view Houdini freezes trying to calculate the result.
Would be just me having this kind of problem?
This is really not working right, at least for me, all the shader goes black, if I delete some VEX nodes inside sometimes it appears right on the shader view but for most of the time the result is the same.
I also notice that if I try to see the decal shader from the gallery on the shader view Houdini freezes trying to calculate the result.
Would be just me having this kind of problem?
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Yeah after getting my question answered, I have found render view to be much better, much higher quality, and much more customizable since you have access to all of mantras settings, and you can add whatever else you want into the scene to help view reflections and refractions or whatever else
The only thing I miss from shader view is being able to rotate the shaded ball.
Listen to these guys and check out IPR render view.
If the reason you like shader view is because of the speed of it, you can easily just reduce mantras quality settings and IPR will go quite fast.
If however you like to be able to rotate the shaded object without having to rerender like you could in shader view, Im pretty sure you are out of luck on that one. Unless someone smarter than me knows some neat trick, but I doubt it
The only thing I miss from shader view is being able to rotate the shaded ball.
Listen to these guys and check out IPR render view.
If the reason you like shader view is because of the speed of it, you can easily just reduce mantras quality settings and IPR will go quite fast.
If however you like to be able to rotate the shaded object without having to rerender like you could in shader view, Im pretty sure you are out of luck on that one. Unless someone smarter than me knows some neat trick, but I doubt it
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If you'd like to tumble using IPR you can do the following:
1) Create a floating Render Viewer or split your viewport in half and make one of the halves a Render Viewer and the other a Scene Viewer.
2) Select a Scene View camera in the Render Viewer's camera menu. This will keep the two camera's in sync.
3) Start a render in the Render Viewer.
4) Rotate your sphere in the Scene Viewer and watch IPR update simultaneously in the Render Viewer. If your scene is quite simple, try lowering the Update Time and Delay Time in the Render Viewer for a more interactive experience.
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1) Create a floating Render Viewer or split your viewport in half and make one of the halves a Render Viewer and the other a Scene Viewer.
2) Select a Scene View camera in the Render Viewer's camera menu. This will keep the two camera's in sync.
3) Start a render in the Render Viewer.
4) Rotate your sphere in the Scene Viewer and watch IPR update simultaneously in the Render Viewer. If your scene is quite simple, try lowering the Update Time and Delay Time in the Render Viewer for a more interactive experience.
–Ian
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The cool thing is that IPR isn't really intended to be a shader ball replacement - it's giving you feedback with more relevant data typically in a lighting environment closer to what the final will be like i.e. invaluable. Of course, sometimes it's handy to have a standard sphere/torus/teapot when doing very preliminary setup, I often have a Sphere SOP or obj in a hip for just that reason. It's not *quite* as fast as the shader ball, but it's not much slower and obviously far more useful for catching things like how shadows/highlights will fall, etc.
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