There is any way to change the TAB Submenu Path via python??
I am sure there is, but I couldn't find it.

Thanks.

No one?? Please!!

Here is an excerpt from our bug database:

Yes, this can be done through HOM. The tools are defined as an XML file, which is stored in the “Tools.shelf” section of an HDA definition. The XML file format is documented here:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini14.0/shelf/config_file [sidefx.com]
For the Tab Submenu, you'd need to set the <toolSubmenu> tag.

You can add a new section by:
hda_definition = node.type().definition()
hda_definition.addSection(“Tools.shelf”, your_xml_string)

You could examine an existing section by:
tools_section = hda_definition.sections()

Also take a look at:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini14.0/hom/hou/HDADefinition [sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini14.0/hom/hou/HDASection [sidefx.com]

I did exactly that, but I was expecting something more clean, rather than add a section and append and xml file…
If this is the only solution, that's fine too.

Thank you very much rafal.

Is there a cleaner way now we are working with Houdini 16.5?
Thanks

nope, were still dumping xml files to /tmp in 2018

jsmack
nope, were still dumping xml files to /tmp in 2018

Thank you very much

Going to bump this thread again. Is there a cleaner way of doing this now?

Thanks!

Take a look at VHDA from Labs. It's still XML, but their code looks clean enough to me.

tas3d
Take a look at VHDA from Labs. It's still XML, but their code looks clean enough to me.

Thanks!