The plug-in is installed with an installer wizard on Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Mac OSX 64-bit platforms, and a shell script on Linux 64-bit platform, so you will not have to manually copy files.
The installers ask you to select the location where to install the files from the following three options:
- Houdini folder: all files will be copied to the Houdini installation folder, so the plug-in acts like the installed environment (accessible for every user, etc.). If you want to keep the Houdini installation clean, you can select the HOME folder option.
- HOME folder: all files will be copied to the user’s home folder, which means, the plug-in will be available only for this user. Some files (for example SOHO overrides) overwrite the original settings, so you have to set the Houdini installation folder during the installation, thus the installer can include the original settings. The installer contains some executables which need to be on the PATH , thus the installer adds the HOME/bin folder to the PATH.
- Custom folder: you can set any other folder to copy the files to.
The installer copies the following files to the selected location:
Plug-in binary:
- houdini\dso\ROP_Maxwell.dll (.so on Linux, .dylib on OSX)
IPR binaries:
- bin\ MaxwellIPR.exe
- bin\ MaxwellIPRHandler.exe
Dialog windows:
- houdini\config\Applications\maxwell\maxwell_settings.ui
- houdini\config\Applications\maxwell\maxwell_texture.ui
Icons:
- houdini\config\Icons\material\*
- houdini\config\Icons\maxwell_camera.png
- houdini\config\Icons\maxwell_render_hda.png
- houdini\config\Icons\ROP_maxwell_render.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_bsdf.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_coating.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_displacement.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_emitter.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_layer.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_layers.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SHOP_maxwell_material.png
- houdini\config\Icons\SOP_maxwell_environment.png
Material gallery:
- houdini\gallery\maxwell_material.gal
Digital Assets:
- houdini\otls\OPmaxwellcam.otl
- houdini\otls\OPmaxwellenv.otl
- houdini\otls\OPmaxwellmaterial.otl
- houdini\otls\OPmaxwellrender.otl
Python scripts:
- houdini\soho\maxwell_render.py
- houdini\python2.6libs\maxwell.py
- houdini\python2.6libs\maxwell_ipr.py
Shelf:
- toolbar\maxwell
- toolbar\MaxwellRenderTools
And modifies the following files if they are already exist:
Menu extension:
- \houdini\MainMenuMaster
SOHO overrides:
- \houdini\soho\overrides\RenderViewer
- \houdini\soho\overrides\ViewportCameraRender
- \houdini\soho\overrides\ViewportRender