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rmands is a command line program which can create DialogueScripts for Houdini to use RenderMan Shaders. Type

 rmands -h

at a command line or in a terminal for help.

The basic usage for rmands would be:

• Write a shader with Renderman's Shading Language and save it as myshader.sl
• Use the compiler supplied with your renderer to compile the shader. myshader.slo
• Use rmands to generate an OTL for the shader

At a command line type:

rmands -L myshader.otl myshader.slo

• Install myshader.otl within Houdini from the file menu

So long as you have properly configured your paths so that Houdini can call the renderer, and your .slo file is within your shader path, you will be able to use Renderman Shaders and Renderman Compliant Renderers from within Houdini.