Houdini 20.5 Reference Panes

Python Panel

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Overview
How to
Additional Help

Overview ¶

The Python Panel pane allows you to embed custom PySide2 or PyQt5 interfaces into Houdini pane tabs.

How to ¶

To...	Do this
Display a PySide2/PyQt5 interface in the panel	Select an entry from the interfaces menu.
Create a new PySide2/PyQt5 interface	Click and select New Interface.
Edit the current PySide2/PyQt5 interface	Click and select Edit Interface.
Delete PySide2/PyQt5 interfaces	Click and select Delete Interfaces.
Edit the interfaces menu	Click and select Edit Menu.
Reload the current interface	Click .

Additional Help ¶

Read the Python Panel Editor help page for information on how to create PySide2 or PyQt5 interfaces and for coding examples.

See also

Python Panel Editor

Panes

General ¶

Network editor
Parameter editor
Parameter spreadsheet pane
Tree view
Bundle list pane
Data tree pane

A plug-in-based spreadsheet-like editor that gives you a unified interface to edit parameters and attribute values on nodes and geometry all over Houdini.
Geometry Spreadsheet pane

Animation ¶

Animation editor
Graph view
Dopesheet
Table View
Channel list and channel groups

The channel list is used to select the parameters that are displayed in the animation editor and on the timeline.
Animation layer

Rendering ¶

Take list pane
Material palette

Lets you assign materials to objects and primitives interactively.
Light linker pane
Render Scheduler pane
Shader view

Advanced ¶

Performance monitor pane
Python Panel
PDG Path Map

The PDG Path Map manages the mapping of paths between file systems.
PDG Data Layer Panel

Other ¶

Asset Browser

Allows you to manage assets you have downloaded from the asset store.
Context View
Handle list pane
Tool Palette
Houdini Engine SessionSync

Allows you to manage Houdini Engine SessionSync.
Constraint browser pane