I. Setting up directory to contain shaders.
First, setup a folder in your home directory on your network. Call the
folder SHOP in this folder there needs to be two separate folders named
displace and surface. These folders will contain the complied cutter
shader. In these folders will contain the file.vex needed for Houdini.
II. Setting up preferences in Cutter.
In cutter go to EDIT> show prefences. Under the Rman tab select options
and select the option output ds.to SHOP directory. This will automatically
send the complied shaders into your SHOP directory.
In your SHOP folder you should have the appropriate SHOP displace and
SHOP surface files. Open these files up in Word pad and make sure the
text reads:
SHOP surface :
name ./surface/name.ds -label "name"
name1 ./surface/name1.ds -label "name1"
name3 ./surface/name3.ds -label "name3"
occlude ./surface/occlude.ds -label "occlude"
name ./surface/name.ds -label "name"
SHOP displace :
name ./displace/name.ds -label "name"
Displace ./displace/Displace.ds -label "Displace"
name ./displace/name.ds -label "name"
displace ./displace/displace.ds -label "displace"
name ./displace/name.ds -label "name"
Make sure the directory is listing your name of your shader along
followed by it type either Surface or Displace. In Houdini under the
SHOP’s Level hit tab than type the name of the shader you created.
III. Creating a renderman renderer.
Under the Outputs tab in Houdini hit tab key than type r for renderman.
This brings up a new re nderer this renderer will use renderman. Like in
cutter you can change the output type from framebuffer to ip by clicking
