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RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) only provides support for the following production Houdini versions:
Other important information:
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RenderMan for Houdini is installed using the RenderMan Installer, which manages the downloading, installation and licensing of RenderMan Pro Server (the actual renderer) along with all bridge products.
Package Installation
For Houdini 19.0 and beyond, RenderMan for Houdini versions 24.2 and later come can be installed with a packages directoryfile, found in the RfH installation director. Copy the packages json file to one of the following locations for Houdini to find on startup. Advanced package instructions by SideFX are are here.
$HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/packages$HFS/packages$HSITE/houdinimajor.minor/packages(for example,$HSITE/houdini19.0/packages)$HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR
For versions before 24.2Houdini 18.5, please see manual installation below.
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The environment variable for RfH must be listed first in the houdini.env file. (Windows requires a semi-colon) For example: HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383:& RenderMan for Houdini with Solaris requires an additional line in the configuration file to be able to render in-memory vdbs: RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH = $RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383/openvdb:& RenderMan for Houdini on Windows requires an additional line in the configuration file: PATH=$RMANTREE\bin;& Additional instructions and details are found below in this document. |
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For example on Linux, one would edit this file in: $HOME/houdini18houdini19.0/houdini.env:
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RMANTREE=/opt/pixar/RenderManProServer-24.2 RFHTREE=/opt/pixar/RenderManForHoudini-24.2 RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383/openvdb:& HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383/:& |
On Windows with 18.0, one would edit the file in: \Users\myself\Documents\houdini18houdini19.0\houdini.env:
NOTE: Windows uses a semi-colon instead of a colon to separate the HOUDINI_PATH!
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RMANTREE="C:\Program Files\Pixar\RenderManProServer-24.2" RFHTREE="C:\Program Files\Pixar\RenderManForHoudini-24.2" RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE\3.7\19.0.383\openvdb;& HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE\3.7\19.0.383;& PATH=$RMANTREE\bin;& |
Finally an example on OS-X with 18.0 , one would edit this in: /Users/myself/Library/Preferences/houdini/1819.0/houdini.env:
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RMANTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-24.2 RFHTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManForHoudini-24.2 RMAN_PROCEDURALPATH=$RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383/openvdb:& HOUDINI_PATH=$RFHTREE/3.7/19.0.383:& |