Viewport - Arnold for Houdini
Description of the current render progress: render Status in Solaris showing % render completed, estimated time for completion, time taken for render to complete, and resolution.
It is possible to render inside the Houdini viewport, by switching the viewport Hydra renderer to Arnold. Some of the Arnold renderer options are exposed in the viewport as follows:
Note:
This functionality is only available in Houdini 19.5.435 onwards.
Render Settings
Uses the viewport settings to render with Arnold.
Render Command
Flush Textures
Flushes the texture caches in Solaris.
Tip:
The following Arnold renderer options can be found in the viewport Display Options: Solaris (D):
