Houtils

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Houdini Tools, HDAs, Tweaks and Librarys for a more convenient experience

### ## Features #### Tools: + **Recook** tool to force nodes to re-run with <*Ctrl + R*> + **Update Mode Toggle** with <*M*> plus visual feedback in network pane + **Reload Modules** to continue writing python without restarting Houdini #### HDAs: + **Error Switch** to auto-toggle inputs based on available inputs + Modified **Pop Source** to include an option to interpolate the emission #### Tweks: + Automatically format nodes starting with *In* or *Out* + Persisten *scene graph layers* panel folds #### Python Modules: + Run functions in non-blocking parallel from within Houdini + Use the Network Pane to display notifications ## Requirements + Houdini >= 20.5 + Python >= 3.10 + PySide2 >[!IMPORTANT] >Houtils was built on and for Linux. While I am unaware of any comptaibilty issues and everything is built to be OS agnostic, other OSs may have issues. ## Installation ### Step 1: Clone the repo with the below command ```bash git clone https://github.com/harry-wilkos/Houtils.git ``` ### Step 2: From the Houtils folder, copy the `packages` folder to your Houdini user preferences folder. If there's a already a packages folder, feel free to merge the contents. >[!TIP] >To find the Houdini user preferences folder, paste the following command into the Python Shell Pane in Houdini. >```python >hou.getenv("HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR") >``` ### Step 3: Edit the `houtils.json` file in the `packages` folder and change the *HOUTILS* entry to the location of the cloned repo >[!IMPORTANT] >If working with the [parallel](https://github.com/harry-wilkos/Houtils/raw/main/python/houtils/utils/parallel.py) module, some systems refuse to honour the executable stack requested (but seemingly un-needed) by `$HFS/dsolib/libHoudiniUT.so`. To fix this, clear the executable flag on that file. Linux users can achieve with the `execstack -c` followed by the path to the library. Do at your own risk. ## Update If you want to update when new tools and features are added run the following two commands when in the cloned repo ```bash git fetch --all git reset --hard origin/main ```