Inspiration :: "No Face"

NO FACE – 千と千尋の神隠し from Raoul Marks – MARXº on Vimeo.

Inspiration :: "Slow Wave"

Slow Wave from andy kennedy on Vimeo.

Houville :: how to not go insane with Nuke vs Houdini hotkeys

Display shortcuts: I have these set as F9-F12

import os,glob
def visualise(flag):
    if flag ==1: hou.selectedNodes()[0].setDisplayFlag(1)
    if flag ==2: hou.selectedNodes()[0].setRenderFlag(1)
    if flag ==3:
        if len(hou.selectedNodes())>0:
            state = 1-hou.selectedNodes()[0].isTemplateFlagSet()
            for i in hou.node(os.path.dirname(hou.selectedNodes()[0].path())).glob('*'): i.setTemplateFlag(0)
            for i in hou.selectedNodes():
                i.setTemplateFlag(state)
    if flag ==4:
        state = 1-hou.selectedNodes()[0].isBypassed()
        for i in hou.selectedNodes():
            i.bypass(state)

visualise(4)

This is straight out of Nukeland for snapping your nodes to the grid intersections. I have it set as Shift+\

And finally the most common one I need to not yell at the everlasting cookfests. I have it set to Alt+Shift+U, which is a bit Vulcan MindMeldy but it works. I also set Alt+U to "/Houdini/Force Update"

import hou
mode = hou.updateModeSetting().name()
if mode == 'AutoUpdate':
    hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.Manual)
if mode == 'Manual':
    hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.OnMouseUp)
if mode == 'OnMouseUp':
    hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.AutoUpdate)