Instancing with multiple base objects.

[FahadA92]

Hello,

I'm trying to instance multiple objects on a template. I followed this tutorial to create instancenum attrib randomly to choose between the objects. It works file with mantra but in houdini I get an error (shown in the screenshots below) https://vimeo.com/52551778

[pasto]

Hello,

Not sure but don't you need any backtick on your string in order to evaluate it ?

[juanjgon]

The main problem can be that you have the OBJ nodes to be instanced disabled. Currently, the plugin can't instance objects that are disabled. If you need to hide the base objects, you can use the "Hide Object in Render" parameter available in the Octane OBJ spare parameters.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[pasto]

Just for info, I had this type of error when pointing the string to the SOP level instead of the obj itself but that's not what you did obviously.

[juanjgon]

Just for info, I had this type of error when pointing the string to the SOP level instead of the obj itself but that's not what you did obviously.

Yes, instancing only works at OBJ level, so pointing to a SOP node is not supported.

Thanks,
-Juanjo