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Toggle Manual Mode in Houdini
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| def toggle_manual(): | |
| """Toggle cook mode""" | |
| current_mode = hou.updateModeSetting() | |
| auto = (hou.updateMode.AutoUpdate, hou.updateMode.OnMouseUp) | |
| toggle_cook = hou.shelves.tool("toggle_manual") | |
| toggle_cook.setLabel("Auto Update") | |
| if current_mode in auto: | |
| hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.Manual) | |
| toggle_cook.setIcon("MISC_cook") | |
| elif current_mode == hou.updateMode.Manual: | |
| hou.setUpdateMode(hou.updateMode.AutoUpdate) | |
| toggle_cook.setIcon("BUTTONS_do_not") | |
| toggle_cook.setLabel("Manual Mode") | |
| with hou.undos.disabler(): | |
| toggle_manual() |
Make sure the tool is called toggle_manual wherever you've saved it.
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Updated to exclude this from the undo stack (super annoying when trying to debug something heavy!), and added John Hughes' nifty icon switching logic