Hi. I have the most recent version of both Houdini and Arnold.

Hi. I cannot get Arnold to show at all in Solaris.
I am using packages in Houdini rather than the env file.



Edit: OK i have got it working. For anyone else who need to get it working this is what my JSON package file looks like to get it working. I was missing the “PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME” before.




{
“env”:[

{
“PATH” : “C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287/scripts/bin”,
},
{
“HOUDINI_PATH”:“C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287”
},
{
“PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME”:“C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287/hydra”
}
]
}

One more step you probably need: https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd [github.com]

Hi Lei

Thanks. Have you got this to work? I was expecting to install Arnold and it to work. I have not found anything when you download Arnold telling you you have to compile extra things just to get it to work (I could be wrong). I have no way of compiling things myself. Best

Mark

The HtoA installer has the USD components included; you can see $PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME in the instructions [docs.arnoldrenderer.com]. Was excited to see how the USD/Solaris integration compares to other renderers, but getting a trial license to even work on Mint (Ubuntu) has been… fun

goldleaf
…but getting a trial license to even work on Mint (Ubuntu) has been… fun

I never got it to work on Ubuntu 19, I figured it just didnt work on Linux. I can do a ROP render, but the Delegate would never load.

Did you ever got the Arnold Delegate to work?

Daryl Dunlap

goldleaf
…but getting a trial license to even work on Mint (Ubuntu) has been… fun

I never got it to work on Ubuntu 19, I figured it just didnt work on Linux. I can do a ROP render, but the Delegate would never load.

Did you ever got the Arnold Delegate to work?

The git repo has a note about requiring LD preload for usdview on Linux. Perhaps there is a similar condition for Houdini Hydra?

Hi. I am on windows 10 and actually have it loaded in Solaris using this JSON file I made below. It still does not render though. Apart from the SideFX launch presentation I have not found anyone who has actually got it to work yet. All my render settings are blank. In the Arnold forum someone else has reported the same thing. None of the help files say anything about getting started in Solaris at all. (arnold link) https://answers.arnoldrenderer.com/questions/22071/arnold-6-with-houdini18-solaris.html [answers.arnoldrenderer.com]

best
Mark

{
“env”:[
{
“ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE” : “**************”
},
{
“PATH” : “C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287/scripts/bin”,
},
{
“HOUDINI_PATH”:“C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287”
},
{
“PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME”:“C:/Docs/houdini18.0/plugins/HtoA/htoa-5.0.0_rcd870fd_houdini-18.0.287/hydra”
}
]
}

the missing render settings is a current feature like a missing renderview in Lops. you can play in live render viewport but otherwise Lops rendering with any renderer is pretty much useless. for now, Lops is only good for layout and USD file creation. let's hope, houdini18.5 will get some solid render tools.

RM23 is the reference implementation for LOPs, not Karma.

I haven't played with RM23 yet, but that'd be the Delegate I'd use for Final Rendering right now, Redshift3D being a close second.

can someone tell me what the advantage of using arnold with solaris is? many thx