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  • Rendering with RenderMan will not operate on Houdini Apprentice editions, see Side FX's website for options that allow Third Party Rendering
  • Houdini Indie is only compatible with version 17.5.210 or higher
Info

RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) 24.0 currently only provides support for the following production Houdini versions:

17.518.018.5
18.5.35118.0.49918.0.597
Note

The environment variable for RfH must be listed first in the houdini.env file. (Windows requires a semi-colon) For example:

HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/18.5.462596:&


RenderMan for Houdini with Solaris requires an additional line in the configuration file to be able to render in-memory vdbs:

RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH = $RFHTREE/18.5.462596/openvdb:&


RenderMan for Houdini on Windows requires an additional line in the configuration file:

PATH=$RMANTREE\bin;&


Additional instructions and details are found below in this document.

...

Code Block
RMANTREE=/opt/pixar/RenderManProServer-24.0
RFHTREE=/opt/pixar/RenderManForHoudini-24.0
RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE/18.5.462596/openvdb:&
HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/18.5.462596:&

On Windows with 18.0, one would edit the file in: \Users\myself\Documents\houdini18.0\houdini.env:

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RMANTREE=C:\Program Files\Pixar\RenderManProServer-24.0
RFHTREE=C:\Program Files\Pixar\RenderManForHoudini-24.0
RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE\18.5.462596\openvdb;&
HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE\18.5.462596;&
PATH=$RMANTREE\bin;&

Finally an example on OS-X with 18.0, one would edit this in: /Users/myself/Library/Preferences/houdini/18.0/houdini.env:

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RMANTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-24.0
RFHTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManForHoudini-24.0
RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE/18.5.462596/openvdb:&
HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/18.5.462596:&