anvdev / houdini_tdk

Tool Development Kit for SideFX Houdini

Tool Development Kit for SideFX Houdini

Tools

HDA Doctor Beta

Tool that allows you to test your HDA with a set of inspections that check for compliance with high standards of HDA development.

Templates

Template HDAs that allows you to quickly create new HDAs based on them.

Find Icon

Allows you to quickly find an icon for your tool.

Generate Code

Applies .asCode() to selected nodes. Then copies the resulting code to the clipboard or shows in code editor.

New HDA Version

Increments an HDA version of the selected node. You can select the version type (major, minor, build, etc.).

Show Node User Data

Shows user data and cached user data of the selected node.

Installation

• [16.0+] Package Manager Recommended
• [17.5+] Packages (template json file included)
• Environment file

License

Tool Development Kit for SideFX Houdini
Copyright (C) 2021  Ivan Titov

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

houdini_tdk's Issues

Embed external Python modules

Black Boxed HDA stuff

HDA Doctor

• Namespace
• Name
• Version
• Icon
• Input names

Increase resolution for window icons

Make HDA from Template: Inherit network from the source node [optional]

Template SOP HDA: Add edgecount function

Operator Manager

• Fuzzy filtering
• Delete with file
• Open source location
• TDK: New HDA Version
• Hide
• Set alias
• Extract files

Increment HDA version: Additional information

• Node type name
• Node definition source

Code refactoring

Generate Code: Open in Code editor

Increment HDA Version

Show User Data: Update from node

Increment HDA Version: Incorrect version

1.2.3 -> 1.3.3

Template VOP HDA

Save edited node as new HDA version

Find Icon

Generate simple state

Python Function from Network

Open HDA Location

Find Icon: Context menu

• Copy Name

Make HDA from Template: Add "Open type properties" option

Embed external VEX code

GPL Licensing

Use status message instead of the popup message

Index File Viewer

It is difficult to implement at the moment:
$HFS\houdini\config\Icons\SVGIcons.index values has unknown encoding.
$HFS\houdini\presets\Sop\metaball.idx values has unknown internal structure.

Add window icons

Make HDA from Template

JSON package template for installation

Show User Data: Better UI

Show User Data

• User Data
• Cached User Data

Operator Context Menu

TDK Actions submenu under Actions submenu in the OPmenu

Node-related:

• Generate Code
• Show User Data

HDA-related:

• Open Location
• Increment Version
• Save as new HDA (edited HDA)

Show User Data: Auto Update

Auto Update check box

Find Icon: Improve sorting

Increment HDA version: Better UI

Python 2 to Python 3 translation

Test in Houdini 18.5

• Python 2
• Python 3

Open HDA Location: Select file in explorer (Windows only)

Find Icon: Go to filter field by Ctrl+F and F3

Find Icon: Extend context menu

• Copy Name
• Copy Image
• Save Image

Generate Code

Profile

Template OBJ HDA

OnCreated
	Set and lock visibility
	Set and lock output transform
	Set and lock visible children
	Set and lock selectable
	Set and lock transform caching
	Set node color
	Set node shape

Increment HDA Version: Incorrect name

test::1.2 -> t::e::s::t::1.3

Template SOP HDA

Parms
	Group
		Tool dialogs
		Menu
	Group type
		Tool dialogs
		Menu
	Group name
		Tool dialogs
		Menu
		$OS
		Fix group name
	Attributes
		Tool dialogs
	Class
		Tool dialogs
	Attribute name
		Tool dialogs
		Menu
		$OS
		Fix attribute name
	Merge Method
		Tool dialogs
	Orientation
	Color
OnCreated
	Set node color
	Set node shape
	Set node info
Nodes
	Output SOP

Support Package Manager

Project

Find Icon: Copy selected icon names

HDA Test System

Generate Code: Settings

New HDA Version: Add "Use original file" option

Increment HDA version: Allow expand version

1.0 (component index = 2) -> 1.0.1