Nagamochi

Nagamochi is a library of Digital Assets, Presets, Shelves and Scripts for SideFX Houdini.

Features

• otls
• Shelf
• Right-click on parm menu
• Pressets

Requirement

Houdini 18.0 or Higher

Installation

1. Save this repository wherever you like.
2. Copy the nagamochi.json file from the location used in step 1 to $HOME/Houdini18.5/packages, and change the contained paths to match the location chosen in step 1.

{
    "env" : 
    [
        {   "NAGAMOCHI" : "PLACE_TO_INSTALL"  },

        {   "HOUDINI_PATH" :
        	{
        		"value":
        			[        				
                                        "$NAGAMOCHI/common",
        				"$NAGAMOCHI/houdini$HOUDINI_MAJOR_RELEASE.$HOUDINI_MINOR_RELEASE",                       
        			],
        	}
        },
        
        {   "NM_CACHE_HOU" : "HIP_VAR/../caches"  },
    ]
}

Tutorials

https://vimeo.com/shohey [OTL]

• SOP
  • nmCameraClipPoints https://vimeo.com/388993350
• DOP
  • nmGasAge https://vimeo.com/386939150

Future Work

• Python 3
• Create a video that how to use tools
• Clean up some scripts
• Support Windows users. (I'm developing this tool on Linux(mint/CentOS).)

Author

• Shohei Okazaki

Note

Nagamochi has two meanings, 「長持」 and 「長持ち」. 長持 is the toolbox of old Japanese folklore. And 長持ち means 'long-lasting'.

Nagamochi aims to be the toolbox that does not bound by Houdini version.