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
Menu extension:
The plug-in modifies the following files if they are already exist:
- \houdini\MainMenuMaster
SOHO overrides:
- \houdini\soho\overrides\RenderViewer
- \houdini\soho\overrides\ViewportCameraRender
- \houdini\soho\overrides\ViewportRender
Installer for Windows
The Windows installer wizard auto-detects the path of the Houdini installation folder or your home folder.
After a successful install Houdini recognizes the plug-in automatically and a new group with the name of “Maxwell Render” is visible in the obj network TAB menu.
The plug-in can be uninstalled through the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
Installer for OSX
The Mac OSX build of the plug-in requires OSX version 10.5 or above. The installer copies the above listed resource files and the plug-in binary to /Library/Frameworks/Houdini.Framework/Versions/[version]/Resources folder by default and prompts to the admin password if needed. The folder can be changed in the installer. After a successful install Houdini recognizes the plug-in automatically and a new group with name “Maxwell Render” is visible in the obj network TAB menu.
The plug-in can be uninstalled with the uninstall.sh script which is located in the /Applications/NextLimit/MaxwellForHoudini folder. The uninstaller removes all installed files and the additional lines from the modified files.
Installer for Linux
The plug-in ships with a shell script called install.sh which will copy the resource files and plug-in binary to /opt/hfs[version] by default. To change the Houdini installation folder, you have to edit the script file.
The plug-in can be uninstalled with the uninstall.sh script which is located in the /opt/NextLimit/MaxwellForHoudini folder. The uninstaller removes all installed files and the additional lines from the modified files.