is it possible to add something like this in the ALTdrag copy function?
If so could you point me to the script to modify please?

Hello!

I have a vhda.config file in my preference folder, with the defaults I need ( suffix, user, version, hda location etc )
Works perfectly for right click > Create Digital Asset

Does not work for right click > Digital Asset > Save Copy As
when trying to create a new digital asset from an existing one

This is probably meant to be, since one assumes the copy to be consistent with the original.
In my case I prefer to always stick to our convention ( written in the vhda.config ) for any new hda.
Is there a way to change the behavoiur for the Save Copy As? Where should I dive and modify?

Thanks



EDIT: I found where it lies.
C:\Program Files\Houdini20.5\houdini\OPmenu.xml
right click node menu
C:\Program Files\Houdini20.5\houdini\python3.11libs\assettools.py
line 3245 is where the Save As function is

Maybe the easiest solution is to just make a custom Create Digital Asset option always visible when right clicking..

Is there a flag that will freeze this, or do I have to resort to creating an initial .sim file?

I don't think such a flag exist, you could use the first frame of .sim file as the start, but this workflow could become cumbersome quickly and I'm not sure you would get speed benefit ( needs to be tested on your specific setup )

node cooking on selection depends on a few things:
-if you have the geometry spreadsheet open it will cook any node selected to give you the data
-if you have a scene view open , you have to make sure "Show Display Operator" is on, and not "Show Current Operator" , which is default ( screenshot attached )

Bear in mind that when Show Current Operator is needed for viewport interactive tool such as paint etc

I had a similar issue.
When running a dopnet live the sim is running fine.
When caching that sim, some of the upstream nodes where unnecessarily cooking every frame ( even if time independent )
The problem with this bug is that is hard to reproduce because the same network sometimes bugs sometimes not. ( ie. after relaunching Houdini)

I had no plugin installed locally just pref files that gets created automatically.
Deleting the folder content solved the issue.

I wonder if anyone from the staff could give us a pointer on what kind of file could cause this instability?




H 20.0.653 Windows

I have a related issue,

I'm exporting my geometry from Maya as an USD file. The geometry is made of few primitives with specific pivot points ( a few boxes with pivot at one of the corner )

I want to process( ie polyreduce ) and export the geometry as USD from Houdini retaining the original pivots.
Any directions would be appreaciated!



1 - In the scene graph details I cannot see the "xformOp:Translate:pivot" attribute as FoamFX is.
But if I reload the same USD in Maya the pivots exist and are correct.


2 - In USD ROP Lop (usd_rop) I cannot find any option regarding the pivot. Am I missing it? Is there a special attribute that I can use to override it ?

pezetko
It's good to remove that reloading for the production version.

Does it cause overhead to have it on for all custom HDAs that requires it?
( assuming you are reloading relatively small modules )


the HDAs' Python Module gets loaded when starting the Houdini session and when clicking a button that calls back a function of that module. Correct?

Is there a way to access that "Asset Name and Path" drop down menu and change it with Python?
My goal is to analyze a scene a switch all "outdated" hdas to the latest definition available.

Note that my hdas are saved as separated files on disk:
HDA Name
mypipe::myhda::1.0
mypipe::myhda::1.5
mypipe::myhda::2.0
...

On Disk:
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.1.0
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.1.5
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.2.0
...

Thanks in advance
Davide