Houdini: Extract active view as thumbnail when no thumbnail set

client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py

@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ def self_publish():
 
     Firstly, it gets the node and its dependencies.
     Then, it deactivates all other ROPs
-    And finaly, it triggers the publishing action.
+    And finally, it triggers the publishing action.
     """
 
     result, comment = hou.ui.readInput(
@@ -998,6 +998,77 @@ def add_self_publish_button(node):
     node.setParmTemplateGroup(template)
 
 
+def get_scene_viewer():
+    """
+    Return an instance of a visible viewport.
+
+    There may be many, some could be closed, any visible are current
+    """
+    panes = hou.ui.paneTabs()
+    panes = [x for x in panes if x.type() == hou.paneTabType.SceneViewer]
+    panes = sorted(panes, key=lambda x: x.isCurrentTab())
+    if panes:
+        return panes[-1]
+
+    return None
+
+
+def sceneview_snapshot(
+        sceneview,
+        filepath="$HIP/thumbnails/$HIPNAME.$F4.jpg",
+        frame_start=None,
+        frame_end=None):
+    """Take a snapshot of your scene view.
+
+    It takes snapshot of your scene view for the given frame range.
+    So, it's capable of generating snapshots image sequence.
+    It works in different Houdini context e.g. Objects, Solaris
+
+    Example:
+    	This is how the function can be used::
+
+        	from ayon_core.hosts.houdini.api import lib
+	        sceneview = hou.ui.paneTabOfType(hou.paneTabType.SceneViewer)
+        	lib.sceneview_snapshot(sceneview)
+
+    Notes:
+        .png output will render poorly, so use .jpg.
+
+        How it works:
+            Get the current sceneviewer (may be more than one or hidden)
+            and screengrab the perspective viewport to a file in the
+            publish location to be picked up with the publish.
+
+        Credits:
+            https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/42808/?page=1#post-354796
+
+    Args:
+        sceneview (hou.SceneViewer): The scene view pane from which you want
+                                     to take a snapshot.
+        filepath (str): thumbnail filepath.
+        frame_start (int): the frame at which snapshot starts
+        frame_end (int): the frame at which snapshot ends
+    """
+
+    if frame_start is None:
+        frame_start = hou.frame()
+    if frame_end is None:
+        frame_end = frame_start
+
+    if not isinstance(sceneview, hou.SceneViewer):
+        log.debug("Wrong Input. {} is not of type hou.SceneViewer."
+                  .format(sceneview))
+        return
+    viewport = sceneview.curViewport()
+
+    flip_settings = sceneview.flipbookSettings().stash()
+    flip_settings.frameRange((frame_start, frame_end))
+    flip_settings.output(filepath)
+    flip_settings.outputToMPlay(False)
+    sceneview.flipbook(viewport, flip_settings)
+    log.debug("A snapshot of sceneview has been saved to: {}".format(filepath))
+
+
 def update_content_on_context_change():
     """Update all Creator instances to current asset"""
     host = registered_host()
@@ -1076,4 +1147,4 @@ def prompt_reset_context():
     if options["instances"]:
         update_content_on_context_change()
 
-    dialog.deleteLater()
+    dialog.deleteLater()

client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_active_view_thumbnail.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import pyblish.api
+import tempfile
+from ayon_core.pipeline import publish
+from ayon_core.hosts.houdini.api import lib
+from ayon_core.hosts.houdini.api.pipeline import IS_HEADLESS
+
+
+class ExtractActiveViewThumbnail(publish.Extractor):
+    """Set instance thumbnail to a screengrab of current active viewport.
+
+    This makes it so that if an instance does not have a thumbnail set yet that
+    it will get a thumbnail of the currently active view at the time of
+    publishing as a fallback.
+
+    """
+    order = pyblish.api.ExtractorOrder + 0.49
+    label = "Extract Active View Thumbnail"
+    families = ["workfile"]
+    hosts = ["houdini"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        if IS_HEADLESS:
+            self.log.debug(
+                "Skip extraction of active view thumbnail, due to being in"
+                "headless mode."
+            )
+            return
+
+        thumbnail = instance.data.get("thumbnailPath")
+        if not thumbnail:
+            view_thumbnail = self.get_view_thumbnail(instance)
+            if not view_thumbnail:
+                return
+
+            self.log.debug("Setting instance thumbnail path to: {}".format(
+                view_thumbnail
+            ))
+            instance.data["thumbnailPath"] = view_thumbnail
+
+    def get_view_thumbnail(self, instance):
+
+        sceneview = lib.get_scene_viewer()
+        if sceneview is None:
+            self.log.warning("Skipping Extract Active View Thumbnail"
+                             " because no scene view was detected.")
+            return
+
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".jpg", delete=False) as tmp:
+            lib.sceneview_snapshot(sceneview, tmp.name)
+            thumbnail_path = tmp.name
+
+        instance.context.data["cleanupFullPaths"].append(thumbnail_path)
+        return thumbnail_path

pyproject.toml

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ line-ending = "auto"
 
 [tool.codespell]
 # Ignore words that are not in the dictionary.
-ignore-words-list = "ayon,ynput"
+ignore-words-list = "ayon,ynput,parms,parm,hda"
 skip = "./.*,./package/*,*/vendor/*,*/unreal/integration/*,*/aftereffects/api/extension/js/libs/*"
 count = true
 quiet-level = 3