This repository is for the Houdini Toolbox.
Installation
In order to use most of the features contained in this repo it is necessary to add/modify certain entries in your environment:
- HOUDINI_PATH
- PYTHONPATH
Each entry must include the path to the relevant folders within the Houdini-Toolbox repo, where TOOLBOXDIR is the location you have placed the repo (eg. $HOME/Houdini-Toolbox, D:\Houdini-Toolbox, etc):
- HOUDINI_PATH needs to include '{TOOLBOXDIR}/houdini'
- PYTHONPATH needs to include '{TOOLBOXDIR}/python'
NOTE: When adding to the HOUDINI_PATH you MUST be sure to also include $HH ($HFS/houdini) in the path or Houdini will not work correctly. The best thing to do is to insert Houdini's default path value '&' in the path at the end.
See http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/basics/config_env for more info about configuring Houdini paths and variables.
On a unix based systems where you are launching Houdini from a terminal it is as simple as setting the variables in the shell before you launch. For example in tcsh:
setenv HOUDINI_PATH "${HOME}/Houdini-Toolbox/houdini:&"
setenv PYTHONPATH "${HOME}/Houdini-Toolbox/python:${PYTHONPATH}"
Using houdini.env
You can also use the houdini.env file to setup these variables. This is often easier for Windows.
NOTE: Unix and Windows will use different path split characters so ensure you are using the correct one for your platform:
- : for unix:
/some/path:& - ; for Windows:
c:\some\path;&
Unix:
HOUDINI_PATH = "${HOME}/Houdini-Toolbox/houdini:&"
PYTHONPATH = "${HOME}/Houdini-Toolbox/python"
Windows:
HOUDINI_PATH = "D:\Houdini-Toolbox\houdini;&"
PYTHONPATH = "D:\Houdini-Toolbox\python"