Benedikt Roettger
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Reload Recipes in 20.5? June 7, 2026, 11:12 a.m.
Hi,
For this test I saved recipes into a single HDA under ~/houdini20.5/otls/Recipes.hda, by selecting the "Save to User Preferences" preset when publishing the recipe.
It works for me across houdini sessions to use:
For this test I saved recipes into a single HDA under ~/houdini20.5/otls/Recipes.hda, by selecting the "Save to User Preferences" preset when publishing the recipe.
It works for me across houdini sessions to use:
import os filepath = os.path.expanduser("~/houdini20.5/otls/Recipes.hda") if filepath in hou.hda.loadedFiles(): hou.hda.uninstallFile(filepath) hou.hda.installFile(filepath) hou.hda.reloadFile(filepath)
point insertion on existing prims - best method? Aug. 17, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Here's an approach getting the primuvs of the non fractured primitives for the newly created points and rebuilding the unfractured polygons with it.
I'm not sure what your exact usecase is without a basic example file, but this could be a solution for your drawing.
I'm not sure what your exact usecase is without a basic example file, but this could be a solution for your drawing.
Save Decoration Recipe with Python Aug. 14, 2025, 7:29 p.m.
Hi,
It does not seem to be in the hou.data documentation but you need to set the dict values of "target_children" and "target_editables" to True, "central_children" and "central_editables" has no effect.
Like so:
You can take a look at the scripts for the recipe creation and their UI under e.g:
This specific issue might come from line 186/187 in
Might be worth making an RFE to sideFX to adjust the documentation.
It does not seem to be in the hou.data documentation but you need to set the dict values of "target_children" and "target_editables" to True, "central_children" and "central_editables" has no effect.
Like so:
sel = hou.selectedItems() node = sel[0] opts = { "name": "sop/ropnet::test:testRecipe", "label": "TestRecipe", "central_node": node, "target_children": True, "target_editables": True, "decorator_items": sel, "children": True, "location": "C:/Users/Gorrod/Documents/houdini20.5/otls/Recipes.hdanc" } hou.data.saveDecorationRecipe(**opts)
You can take a look at the scripts for the recipe creation and their UI under e.g:
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.474\houdini\python3.11libs\hrecipes
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.474\houdini\python3.11libs\hrecipes\core\networkcluster.py
Might be worth making an RFE to sideFX to adjust the documentation.