Setting Up Digital Assets

Steps to create a Digital Asset

• Select the nodes you want to include in your Digital Asset
• Right click on a selected node and go to Actions -> Collapse to Subnet
• Right click on the subnet and go to Create Digital Asset
• Name your asset and click Accept
• This opens the Edit Operator Type Properties dialogue where you can edit parameters and settings
• Accept will close the dialogue- to open it again: right click on the Digital Asset and go to Type Properties…

How to Manage Digital Assets on Disk

• HDAs are saved by default to Documents/Houdini(version)/otls
• To add a new HDA directory- in Documents/Houdini(version)/ Houdini.env add a line:

      HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH = Path to directory

• Digital Assets can only be edited if they display a red unlocked padlock symbol.

• To make an asset editable right-click and go to Allow Editing of Contents
• To lock an asset right-click and go to Match Current Definition. This will sync it with the version saved to disk (use cautiously)
• To save your current edits to the disk version right-click and go to Save Node Type