Houdini Integrated Submission Script Setup

The following procedure describes how to setup the integrated Houdini submission script for Deadline. This integration has been tested with versions 9.x of Houdini

Step 1: Copy the client setup script to the Houdini install dir

• Copy [Deadline Repository]/ClientSetup/Houdini/SubmitToDeadline.py to [Houdini Install Directory]/houdini/scripts/menu/SubmitToDeadline.py

Step 2: Add a menu item to execute the script

• Open the file [Houdini Install Directory]/houdini/MainMenuCommon in a text editor.
• Add the following in between the <mainMenu> and </mainMenu> tags. Make sure it is not between the <menuBar> and </menuBar> tags or any other tags.

  <addScriptItem id="h.deadline">
	<parent>render_menu</parent>
	<label>Submit To Deadline</label>
	<scriptPath>$HFS/houdini/scripts/menu/SubmitToDeadline.py</scriptPath>
	<scriptArgs></scriptArgs>
	<insertAfter/>
  </addScriptItem>