Houdini USD to Arnold submitter?

[arvidurs]

Does anyone have a deadline usd submitter that submits USD files to arnold kick on deadline? Arnold renders USD files natively so, the kick command should just be invoked.

Would be great to get some help on this

[anthonygelatka]

there’s a few people doing husk submisions

Houdini Husk submitter

Hi guys, Seen several posts around different threads about it yet - anybody got a functional Husk submitter going? Would be great to learn about your experience Thanks!

Houdini 19.5 / Karma / Husk Support

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini19.5/news/19_5/index.html Seems like the default builds are 3.9, but there’s the option for 3.7 too (Py2 has been dropped) I’ve found modifying the .param file to add a 19.5 entry and also copying the python3.7libs folder and(or) renaming it to python3.9libs allows me to send a simple houdini scene with Mantra or Karma render node over Deadline. Modifying the Mantra .param file also allows 19.5 mantra ifd rendering over Deadline (still missing 19.0 here!) S…

The Arnold Docs also has a page for Husk submissions but it seems to be hidden
https://help.autodesk.com/view/ARNOL/ENU/?guid=arnold_for_houdini_tutorials_ah_Solaris_Tutorials_html

Did you want to do this in Houdini? Have you tested this works using the Arnold Standalone plugin and manually submitting a USD file through Deadline Monitor?

[Glacierise]

Yes we got ours going, @mois.moshev can chime in, he wrote it.

[arvidurs]

I tried with arnold standalon and picking a USD file, but that didn’t work. there needs to be some more work involved. @Glacierise how is yours working?