Houdini 20.5 Reference Panes

Shader view

The shader view pane allows you to view the selected shader ball. You can rotate the ball by clicking LMB and dragging in the pane.

View menu

Sphere/Tube/Grid/Torus

Allows you to change the shape of the shader ball. The default shape is a sphere.

Low/Medium/High Resolution

Allows you to change the resolution of the shader ball. The default resolution is medium.

Home

Reverts the rotation of the shader ball back to its original position.

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