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Arnold for Houdini 17. Anyone got it to work?

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Tanel_Vaik1
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Arnold for Houdini 17. Anyone got it to work?

Arnold for Houdini 17. Anyone got it to work?

I downloaded HtoA 3.2.0 from
https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AFHUG/HtoA+3.2.0

Installed also license server from here:
https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/…/A5AILIC/Installing+RLM+on…

houdini env file was automatically edited by plugin installation. But i cant get it to work.
In houdini there is no arnold shelf and cant add it as there is no such shelf.

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Stephen.Blair
in reply to: Tanel_Vaik1

Yes, people are using HtoA for Houdini 17. I have it installed and working.

What's in your houdini.env?

What's logged by HtoA at startup?

You don't need the license server to load HtoA into Houdini.



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
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Tanel_Vaik1
in reply to: Tanel_Vaik1

my Houdini env file looks like this:
#
# Houdini Environment Settings
#
# The contents of this file are read into the environment
# at startup. They will override any existing entries in
# the environment.
#
# The syntax is one entry per line as follows:
# VAR = VALUE
#
# Values may be quoted
# VAR = "VALUE"
#
# Values may be empty
# VAR =
#

# Example:
#
# HOUDINI_NO_SPLASH = 1
# htoa config start
PATH = "$PATH;C:/Users/ISUther/Documents/Arnold_renderer/htoa-3.2.0_r9e1313b_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION}/scripts/bin"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/Users/ISUther/Documents/Arnold_renderer/htoa-3.2.0_r9e1313b_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION};&"
# htoa config end
HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2
PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;$PATH"

HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/17.0.352;&"




HOUDINI_NVIDIA_OPTIX_DSO_PATH = C:/Users/ISUther/Documents/houdini17.0\optix

Note! i do have redshift also installed, but i wanted to try Arnold for skin shaders as i am trying to pick a rendering engine for houdini.

Arnold itself (that installation) is installed to directory as:
C:\Users\ISUther\Documents\Arnold_renderer

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Stephen.Blair
in reply to: Tanel_Vaik1

The Redshift settings are overriding the Arnold settings.

You need to combine the two PATH lines into one line, and the HOUDINI_PATH lines. Like this:

PATH = "$PATH;C:/Users/ISUther/Documents/Arnold_renderer/htoa-3.2.0_r9e1313b_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION}/scripts/bin;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin"

HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/Users/ISUther/Documents/Arnold_renderer/htoa-3.2.0_r9e1313b_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION};C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/17.0.352;&"


// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support

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