In threaded mode, this is an async call!

This method will load the HIP file into the scene. This means that any registered hou.hipFile event callbacks will be triggered with the hou.hipFileEventType.BeforeMerge and hou.hipFileEventType.AfterMerge events.

This method loads a HIP file, completely overwriting everything that already exists in the scene. Therefore, any HAPI ids (node ids, part ids, etc.) that were obtained before calling this method will be invalidated.

Usage ¶

loadHIPFile(session: hapi.Session, file_name: str, cook_on_load: bool) → bool

Loads a .hip file into the main Houdini scene.

session

The session of Houdini you are interacting with. See hapi.Session for more on sessions. Pass None to just use the default in-process session.

file_name

Absolute path to the .hip file to load.

cook_on_load

Set to True if you wish the nodes to cook as soon as they are created. Otherwise, you will have to call hapi.cookNode explicitly for each after you call this function.