Octane for Houdini

The OctaneRender® plugin provides a top menu in Houdini® with useful links and information about OctaneRender (Figure 1).

• Plugin Manual - A link to this manual.
• Plugin Tutorials - A link to the tutorials available in the manual.
• Check For Update - A link to the OctaneRender for Houdini release subforum, where all the plugin builds are available.
• Support Forum - A link to the OctaneRender for Houdini support forum.
• OctaneRender Site - A link to the main OTOY® OctaneRender web page.
• Facebook Group - A link to the Facebook page, where the plugin developers post useful information about OctaneRender for Houdini.

Figure 1: Accessing the Octane menu

Octane Shelves

There are two Octane shelves. The main shelf includes all the basic tools to work with the plugin, like adding the Octane ROP node or the RenderTarget MAT node, Octane lights, etc. (Figure 2). The Octane Tools tab provides additional features for scene design  (Figure 3).

Figure 2: The Octane Shelf

Figure 3: The Octane Tools shelf

To add the Octane shelves, click on the + icon at the end of the shelf tabs, then click Shelves and select Octane (Figure 4).

Figure 4: Adding the Octane shelves to the Shelf window