LFos
A collection of useful HDAs, Tools and Scripts for SideFX Houdini.
LFos is a collection of tools I've come to rely on and I'd like to share with the houdini community. It's inspired by other artist's and studio workflows, with some tools that have been iterated on for a few years now. Any asset that proves to be useful from a project I try to repurpose into a tool here. Work in progress assets are currently hidden from the tab menu.
Feedback and Requests are very welcome.
Installation
- Download and extract the repository and move it to any location
- Create a folder called 'packages' in your Houdini home directory (e.g C:/Users/MY_USER/Documents/houdini18.5) if it does not exist already
- Copy the LFos.json file into the packages folder
- Edit the json file to point to the LFos parent directory
- For more information on how package files work, see HERE
Compatible with both Python 2.7 & Python 3 builds.
What's in the box?
FXCache
A simple file cache alternative, inspired from experimenting with various studio's caching solutions.
- Auto-versioning
- Easy ready to use wedging
- Customisable file path
- Open source code to adapt to your own needs
Octane ready assets
- Cyclorama
- Macbeth chart & reference balls
- More in progress
Drag & Drop files into houdini
- adapted from Lewis Orton's fantastic script: https://github.com/LewisOrton/Houdini_Scripts
SOPs:
- Time Copy
- Time Effector
- Concave Hull
- VDB Blur and more
Example scene files & more to come.
Other useful stuff to check out: