Houdini 20.5 Reference Panes

Log viewer

The log viewer pane lets you view and filter logs generated by subsystems of Houdini.

On this page

To open the log viewer, click the New Tab icon at the top of a pane and select New Pane Tab Type ▸ Log Viewer.

Top toolbar

Connected logging sources

A menu of available log sources.

Filter logging sources

Turn filtering on and off using the other buttons on this toolbar.

Filter external sources

A menu of external Houdini processes that can provide logs.

Filter severities

Choose the log severity levels to display.

Karma logging verbosity

Choose the verbosity level of the Karma Rendering logs.

Toggle table and text-only log views

Switch between table view and raw text content.

Text-only view position

Switch to a vertical split between the log table and the raw text search (when there are search matches).

Filter field

When you type in this field, only log entries containing the given text are visible in the table.

Ignore Case

When turned on, ignore the case in the filter field.

Regex

(Advanced) When turned on, treat the text in the filter field as a regular expression and only show log entries that match the pattern.

Clear all log entries

Clear the log entries in memory and start with a blank view.

Save log entries to disk

Save the accumulated log entries to a file.

The bottom search bar lets you search for specific text in the raw log output. When the text in the search field matches the text in the raw log output, the log viewer switches to a split view showing the log table and the matching raw text.

Search field

Enter the text to search for in the raw log output.

Previous match

Select the previous text matching the search field.

Next match

Select the next text matching the search field.

Case sensitive matching

When turned on, ignore the case in the search field.

Regular expression matching

(Advanced) When turned on, treat the text in the search field as a regular expression.

Show all matches

When turned on, highlight the matched text.

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