Deborah R. Fowler
Houdini Command Line Tips:
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Updated on Nov 30
2013
Houdini can be easily run from the command line on linux or Windows. You can use the command prompt in Windows if you know ms-dos commands, or get PowerShell or Cygwin which make Windows linux like.
| houdini -h |
brings up help info |
| -s Technical |
type of desktop |
| -n |
don't cook - make sure you turn this back on
when you need to |
| -j |
processors |
| -foreground |
run as fg process |
| -geometry |
specify the size and offset of the window |
Note in the sidefx tutorial, they use naming conventions Projectname.job.shot.sequence
They also use lighting naming conventions to more easily identify lights
lgt_use_type_description_number
In addition you can use command scripts and test them in the textport (123 first launch, 456 when file new)
For example from the sidefx getting started webinar:
>commandecho on
> opcf /obj
> opadd geo myBall
> opcf myBall
> opadd sphere mySphere
>opparm mySphere tx (5.0)
... and so on
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Also see the linux help page for command line rendering here.
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