Houdini Companion Cloud

LIVE WORKSPACE

Workstation

Waiting for Agent heartbeat.

Active jobs—Waiting

Houdini—No session data

Project disk—No disk data

Agent—Waiting for heartbeat

MANAGED QUEUE

Queue

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Managed jobs

WORKSTATION

Resources

Live telemetry

ACTIVE QUEUE

In progress

COMMAND RELAY

Recent activity

HISTORY

Recent jobs

JOB CONTROL

Jobs

Monitor, pause, stop and retry work without opening a remote desktop.

REMOTE SUBMISSION

Submit a job

Choose a saved HIP, inspect its output nodes, then send an allow-listed command to your Agent.

No workstation

01

Scene and runtime

The file never uploads to this server.

Scene source

HIP scene Houdini version

Execution

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Output network

Browse supported outputs like a compact Houdini Network View.

Choose a HIP scene to inspect its output network.

No output node selected.

Choose a node to load its real Houdini render or cache settings.

03

Frame range

Choose the execution range without overwriting the saved HIP file.

Frame selection

Start End Increment

Managed jobs apply this range to an isolated worker. Open-session jobs may show the temporary values in Houdini, but the HIP on disk is not changed unless you explicitly save it.

04

Queue

Retry policy for this job.

Automatic retries

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Production metadata

Optional labels for sorting and handoff.

Display name Project Artist Department Priority

PREFERENCES

Companion preferences

Interface, queue, notifications, storage and workstation controls.

MANAGED MODE

Queue policy

PERFORMANCE

Agent telemetry

HARDWARE

Sensor Bridge

Checking

Optional lightweight workstation sensors are sampled by the Agent and relayed with normal telemetry. Selected values appear on Overview.

Extended sensorsTurn off all Sensor Bridge collection and cards.

NOTIFICATIONS

Discord events

Checking the private Discord bot connection…

Cloud Discord not linkedGenerate a one-time code, then use /companion link in your Discord channel.

POWER

Workstation shutdown

Ready

Power commands require confirmation and are executed only by the licensed Agent.

HOUDINI

Connected sessions

STORAGE

Project disks

ACCESS

Project root

Companion can browse and run HIP files only below this folder.

PROJECT FILES

HIP browser

Project root

Open the low-bandwidth HIP browser when needed.

TEMPORARY DATA

Background HIP snapshots

Snapshot metadata is loaded only when requested.

LICENSE

Plan & devices

Checking

Review your entitlement and release an old workstation before moving a seat to another PC.

Loading license details.

ACTIVE SEATS

Licensed workstations

No active workstation.

APPEARANCE

Interface

Base theme Accent color Refresh interval Default node browser

OVERVIEW

Layout & history

Arrange the Overview for this browser. These choices do not affect other devices.

Recent jobs Recent activity

ACCESS

Dashboard session

Open previous cloud UI

Server version —

RELEASE READINESS

Installation check

Checking

A compact preflight for the selected workstation. Optional integrations never block rendering.

Waiting for workstation data.