diff --git a/website/docs/addon_houdini_artist.md b/website/docs/addon_houdini_artist.md index 8a48c7a2..44244fd2 100644 --- a/website/docs/addon_houdini_artist.md +++ b/website/docs/addon_houdini_artist.md @@ -351,6 +351,31 @@ Steps: ![publisher_ui_vray_rop](assets/houdini/artist/publisher_ui_vray_rop.png) + +## Publishing cache to Deadline +Artist can publish cache to deadline while using local machine for other tasks which increases productivity. +Caching on the farm is supported for: + +- **Arnold ASS (.ass)** +- **Pointcache (.bgeo and .abc)** +- **VDB (.vdb)** +- **Redshift Proxy (.rs)** + +Follow these steps to submit your cache to deadline: +1. you need to create the instance(s) with **Submitting to Farm** enabled, you also can still enable **Use selection** to +select the object for caching in farm. +![Houdini Farm Cache Creator](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_creator.png) + +2. When you go to Publish Tab and click the instance(s), you can set up your preferred +**Frame per task**. If you want to publish the existing instances to farm, you can enable +the toggled button **Submitting to Farm**. +![Houdini Farm Per Task](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_frame_per_task.png) + +3. Once you hit **Publish**, the cache would be submitted and rendered in deadline. +When the render is finished, all the caches would be located in your publish folder. +You can see them in the Loader. +![Houdini Farm Per Task](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_loader.png) + ## Load published products Loading is done by - **load...** : load products from the current project diff --git a/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_creator.png b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_creator.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c4bdf381 Binary files /dev/null and b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_creator.png differ diff --git a/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_loader.png b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_loader.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d01bcb0a Binary files /dev/null and b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_loader.png differ diff --git a/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_frame_per_task.png b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_frame_per_task.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..adaacf12 Binary files /dev/null and b/website/docs/assets/houdini/artist/houdini_frame_per_task.png differ