Merge pull request #143 from ynput/Houdini/Update-docs-to-0.2.11

Houdini/update docs to 0.2.12

website/docs/addon_houdini_admin.md

@@ -106,21 +106,26 @@ Enable or disable the plugins. Some of them have extra options such as defining
 ## Publish plugins
 Enable or disable the plugins executed at publishing.
 
-- Collect Rop Frame Range
+- Collect Asset Handles
+- Collect Chunk Size
+- Validate Instance in same Context
 - Validate Latest Containers
 - Validate Mesh is Static
 - Validate Review Colorspace
 - Validate Product Name
 - Validate Unreal Static Mesh Name
 - Validate workfile paths settings
 
-### Collect Rop Frame Range
+### Collect Asset Handles
 
 Disable this if you want the publisher to ignore start and end handles specified in the asset data for publish instances.
 > Artists are allowed to override this value in the publisher UI.
 
 ![houdini_publish_plugins_collectors_frame_range](assets/houdini/admin/houdini_publish_plugins_collectors_frame_range.png)
 
+### Validate Instance in same Context
+When working in per-shot style you always publish data in context of current asset (shot). This validator checks if this is so. It is optional so it can be disabled when needed.
+
 ---
 
 ## FAQ

website/docs/addon_houdini_artist.md

@@ -352,7 +352,10 @@ Steps:
 ![publisher_ui_vray_rop](assets/houdini/artist/publisher_ui_vray_rop.png)
 
 
-## Publishing cache to Deadline
+## Deadline submission and publishing
+Currently, The `Publisher Tool` is used to submit and publish your cache or render from deadline.
+
+### 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:
 
@@ -376,6 +379,42 @@ When the render is finished, all the caches would be located in your publish fol
 You can see them in the Loader.
 ![Houdini Farm Per Task](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_farm_cache_loader.png)
 
+### Publishing render to Deadline
+
+Rendering on the farm is supported for:
+- **Karma ROP**
+- **Mantra ROP**
+- **Redshift ROP**
+- **Arnold ROP**
+- **VRay ROP**
+
+On instance creation, There are two main settings : 
+- `Submitting to Farm`:
+  Where you choose either to submit to farm or render locally. 
+  *Local Render is not implemented yet. So, please keep it enabled.*
+- `Split export and render jobs`:
+  It enables exporting render scene descriptions/proxies e.g. `.ifd`, `.rs`, `.ass`, `.vrscene`
+  It effectively save render licenses.
+
+![Houdini Render Creator](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_render_creator.png)
+
+On Publishing, You can find some of deadline options.
+![Houdini Render Publish](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_render_publish.png)
+
+Here's how it looks like on Deadline in both cases.
+
+| Split Jobs | No Split |
+|--|--|
+| ![Houdini Render Publish Split](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_render_publish_split.png) | ![Houdini Render Publish No Split](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_render_publish_no_split.png) |
+
+:::note Enable/disable splitting
+To enable/disable split after publish instance creation. 
+You'd need to find the export option in ROP node and enable/disable it.
+E.g In Mantra:
+
+![Houdini Render Publish Split Setting](assets/houdini/artist/houdini_render_publish_split_setting.png)
+:::
+
 ## Load published products
 Loading is done by
 - **load...** : load products from the current project

website/docs/assets/json/Ayon_addons_version.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "Fusion_Badge" : "[![Fusion Addon - 0.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Fusion_Addon-0.1.0-f8f428)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/fusion)",
     "Harmony_Badge" : "[![Harmony Addon - 0.1.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Harmony_Addon-0.1.2-8bcbb8)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/harmony)",
     "Hiero_Badge" : "[![Hiero Addon - 0.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Hiero_Addon-0.1.0-fab41a)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/hiero)",
-    "Houdini_Badge" : "[![Houdini addon - 0.2.6](https://img.shields.io/badge/Houdini_Addon-0.2.6-FF4713?logo=houdini)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/houdini)",
+    "Houdini_Badge" : "[![Houdini addon - 0.2.12](https://img.shields.io/badge/Houdini_Addon-0.2.12-FF4713?logo=houdini)](https://github.com/ynput/ayon-core/tree/develop/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini)",
     "Kitsu_Badge" : "[![Kitsu Addon - 0.1.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Kitsu_Addon-0.1.3-e56b27)](https://github.com/ynput/ayon-kitsu)",
     "Max_Badge" : "[![3Ds Max Addon - 0.1.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/3Ds_Max_Addon-0.1.2-3190b2)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/max)",
     "Maya_Badge" : "[![Maya addon - 0.1.6](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maya_Addon-0.1.6-3190b2)](https://github.com/ynput/OpenPype/tree/develop/openpype/hosts/maya)",