Modo-Houdini-Blender Exchanger

mifth · August 20, 2015, 7:03am

Yep. Upgrade and come back.

pitiwazou · August 20, 2015, 7:11am

I want the same for maya-blender ^^

mifth · August 20, 2015, 7:20am

There will be maya and houdini in nearest future.

mifth · August 20, 2015, 10:40am

I did some good tweaks for subsurf modifier during exchange. Update the code of blender plugin.

mifth · August 27, 2015, 1:49am

Bastien added Import Animation checkbox. I’ll add it soon.
https://developer.blender.org/T45913

mifth · August 31, 2015, 4:18am

Houdini is added to exchanger. But export from Houdini should be manual. As they have limitation for export to fbx with python.

Wiki: https://github.com/mifth/mifthtools/wiki/Exchangers

comeinandburn · August 31, 2015, 6:06am

wow! more fantastic tools:)

not to beg but, is it possible to add C4D?

mifth · August 31, 2015, 6:12am

If someone knows Cinema and scripting and wants contributing - yes.

wuren · September 8, 2015, 3:16am

Hi mifth

I need some help

I install houdini exchanger. but when i click import or export , nothing is happened . I just follow the step as you said in github ,
add path to exchanger.py

return ‘/home/lijianjian/Documents/Exchangers/’

it looks not work in my computer. houdini is 14.0.295, system is win7 64 . When i want to copy thr exchanger.py to my home houdini folder.

I did not find python2.7libs folder or scripts folder in my home Houdini folder “c:\user\lijianjian\Documents\houdini14.0”

I need some steps to make it works?
I just a newer using houdini . I am very need your helps, big thanks!

mifth · September 8, 2015, 3:24am

Copy exchanger.shelf into “$HOME/houdiniX.Y/toolbar/”

Hi.

Create a folder: “c:\user\lijianjian\Documents\houdini14.0\scripts\python” and put the python file there
Copy exchanger.shelf into “c:\user\lijianjian\Documents\houdini14.0 oolbar”
Select Ex Tab in the toolshelf (it will be hidden by default)

wuren · September 8, 2015, 3:48am

yes ,I follow the setps . but when i click the shelf button “import or export” button, nothing happend. I create a simple torus and click the Export button, it looks nothing happened, i click import in blender , Blender just import the old file from modo, not from houdini. I am not sure if houdini exchanger is worked correctly.

mifth · September 8, 2015, 3:56am

did you modify the py file?
https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3c92b7f96c75760c2dbf1a56d765f9203d2de497/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f727332655272722e706e67

wuren · September 8, 2015, 4:40am

Yes i modify the py file

Change

return ‘’

to

return ‘C:\Users\lijianjian\Documents\Exchangers’

mifth · September 8, 2015, 4:55am

Try to change to:
return ‘$HOME/Documents/Exchangers’

And make sure that the folder “Exchangers” does exist.

Will it work?

mifth · September 8, 2015, 5:02am

‘C:\Users\lijianjian\Documents\Exchangers’ is a path to your exchange folder where the fbx will be exported.
It should be the same path for all apps.

wuren · September 8, 2015, 5:04am

NO, neither import nor export . May be i miss something , so houdini failed to export and import ? May be houdini python is not working correctly ?

mifth · September 8, 2015, 5:49am

I need your machine. Can you go to teamviewr? You can PM me.

wuren · September 8, 2015, 5:49am

Yes, it is the same path for all apps.
Blender and modo work perfect together . Maybe my houdini failed to find this path ?

wuren · September 8, 2015, 5:53am

teamviewr? Sorry, i dont’t know how to do this !

I will try it in my own computer when i go home.

mifth · September 8, 2015, 7:06am

That’s certainly path issue.