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FileFormats

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Houdini supports many file formats. Information/tips for using these can be found here. For some additional information, please see FilenameSyntax for hints on how to construct filenames.

The Houdini Help location is: http://localhost:48626/ref/formats/geometry_formats

1 Scene Description Formats
2 3D Formats
3 2D Formats
4 1D Formats
5 Other Formats
6 3rd Party Format Support for Additional Formats

[edit] Scene Description Formats

dae - collada
fbx - FilmBox

[edit] 3D Formats

Most geometry can be read in a File SOP. Use gconvert to convert between these formats. Also see ExportingGeometry.

Houdini-specific:

bgeo,geo,bpoly,poly (semi-proprietary geometry and volumes)
i3d (proprietary voxel volumes)
icf - irradiance cache (proprietary)
pmap - photon maps (proprietary)
tbf (proprietary geometry)
pc (proprietary PointCloud)

External formats:

obj - wavefront obj
ply - academic polygon format
dxf - autocad (polygons only)
lw - lightwave (import only)
iv - inventor
mdd - as written by PointOven for 3DStudioMax
sdl - autocad
iges - initial graphics exchange specification format
eps (import only -- actually an .ai Adobe Illustrator file, NOT eps encapsulated postscript)

[edit] 2D Formats

These formats are supported throughout all Houdini tools. Use iconvert to list and convert between all supported formats. Use FBoptions to configure facility format optional settings.

exr, cin - industry standard
sgi, rgb - industry classic
hdr cube cross-format files can be converted into rat via isixpack
pic, picnc, rat - proprietary
tiff, tga, jpg, gif, png, rla and other misc print and web formats (run "iconvert -" to get a list of all supported formats)
tx, tex - renderman formats
avi, qt/mov (avi WindowsMedia only on Windows, qt/mov QuickTime only on Irix, see CreatingMovieFile)