Houdini Manual

Plugin Installation

1. The Houdini plugin is distributed as a pre-compiled package. Download it from https://nemopuppet.com/download, then double-click install.bat to install.

2. After installation, restart Houdini. The Nemo Shelf should appear in the Shelf.

Assembling Nemo Rig

Assembling the Nemo Rig in Houdini is very similar to Maya. We recommend following the QuickStart guide to try assembling in Maya first.

1. In the Shelf, find the Nemo Shelf and click the Import Nemo Rig tool.

2. Select the Export zipfile and Binary zipfile.

3. Choose an output path for the assembled hip file.

4. Click Assemble to begin assembling.

5. Use Import Animation to import Animation JSON files exported from other software.

NemoPlay

1. In SOP, create a NemoPlay node to replace Alembic or other nodes for importing rig animation caches.

2. In Nemo Config, select the Config JSON file of a pre-assembled Nemo rig. This rig can be assembled in either Maya or Houdini.

3. In Animation, select the Animation JSON file exported from other software.

4. The Frame value follows the timeline by default. It supports custom editing, including fractional frame transitions.