houdiniutils 0.1.2

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houdiniUtils

This package provides a collection of utilities for Houdini, including tools for managing texture IDs and renaming textures based on specified patterns.

Installation

Install the package with:

pip install houdiniutils

Setup

1. Download the Houdini Shelf Tool: Download the houUtils.shelf file from this link.

2. Copy the Houdini Shelf Tool: Copy the downloaded houdiniUtils.shelf file to the HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/toolbar directory. The HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR is typically located in your home directory under houdiniX.Y (e.g., ~/houdini20.5).

   cp <your_downloads_folder>/houUtils.shelf $HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/toolbar/
   

3. Create the houdiniUtils.json File:

   macOS

   For macOS, run the following Python command to determine the site-packages path and create the houdiniUtils.json file:

   python -c 'import site, json; path = [p.replace("\\", "/") for p in site.getsitepackages() if "site-packages" in p][0]; config = {"env": [{"PYTHONPATH": [path]}]}; f = open("houdiniUtils.json", "w"); json.dump(config, f, indent=4); f.close()'
   

   Windows

   For Windows, run the following Python command to determine the site-packages path and create the houdiniUtils.json file:

   python -c "import site, json; path = [p.replace('\\', '/') for p in site.getsitepackages() if 'site-packages' in p][0]; config = {'env': [{'PYTHONPATH': [path]}]}; f = open('houdiniUtils.json', 'w'); json.dump(config, f, indent=4); f.close()"
   

   These commands do the following:

   • Import necessary modules.
   • Find and format the site-packages path.
   • Create a JSON configuration with the PYTHONPATH set to the site-packages path.
   • Write the configuration to a houdiniUtils.json file.

4. Copy the houdiniUtils.json File: Copy the generated houdiniUtils.json file to the packages folder in your Houdini user preferences directory:

   cp houdiniUtils.json $HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/packages/
   

By following these steps, you will have set up the houdiniUtils package and configured the necessary environment variables for Houdini.