Universal Asset Browser

A tool for digital creators to unify asset access and management across content creation applications.

Installation

• Desktop:

  1. Clone the repo.
  2. Install it to a Python interpreter.
  3. Execute the package.

• Houdini:

  1. Clone the repo.
  2. Install it to a new Python interpreter.
  3. Create a directory named uab and a uab.json file in $HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/packages.
  4. Copy the following to uab.json:

     {
         "hpath": "$HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/packages/uab"
     }

  5. Create a directory named python_panels and a uab_interface.pypanel file in the uab directory.
  6. Copy the following to uab_interface.pypanel:

     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <pythonPanelDocument>
     <!-- This file contains definitions of Python interfaces and the
     interfaces menu.  It should not be hand-edited when it is being
     used by the application.  Note, that two definitions of the
     same interface or of the interfaces menu are not allowed
     in a single file. -->
     <interface name="uab_interface" label="Universal Asset Browser" icon="MISC_python" showNetworkNavigationBar="false" help_url="">
         <script><![CDATA[
     def onCreateInterface():
         import uab.runner
         return uab.runner.run()
     
     ]]></script>
         <includeInPaneTabMenu menu_position="0" create_separator="true"/>
         <includeInToolbarMenu menu_position="212" create_separator="false"/>
         <help><![CDATA[]]></help>
     </interface>
     </pythonPanelDocument>

  7. Create a directory named python3.11libs and copy the contents of the interpreter's site_packages to it.
  8. Create a new pane in Houdini and select "Universal Asset Browser".