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Welcome to RenderMan for Houdini 23.4!
This release of RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) 23, includes a number of new features and bug fixes that address feedback.
- Please see the required version of Houdini for 17.5 and 18.0 as we have added new versions
- 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 17.5 and higher, and you must be using at least version 17.5.210 or higher
New Features in 23.4
Fixes
Miscellaneous Changes
Reminder: Renamed Houdini velocity privmars called "v" to "vel"; as "v" is a reserved attribute for RenderMan geometry. Shaders in RenderMan for Houdini should refer to "vel" instead of "v".
Known Limitations
RenderMan for Houdini
- Can only apply materials to packed instances
- Display edits cannot be changed from the image tool to mplay
- Cross-frame denoising pdg support
- Applying undo of deleted nodes or collapsing to subnet may not work as expected
- Rewiring subnet indirect inputs
- Rendering with Mantra lights or VOPs not possible
- Bypassing shader nodes
- Auto camera creation for IPR
- RenderMan clipping planes