This release uses Arnold 5.4.0.1 and OpenVDB 4.0.0.

Binaries available for the following Houdini, Houdini FX, Houdini Indie and Houdini Education production builds:

• 16.5.634
• 17.0.506
• 17.5.327
• 17.5.360

and for the following platforms:

• Linux x86_64 (H16: gcc4.8 and H17: gcc6.3)
• Windows 7 x64 (H16: vc14 and H17: vc14.1)
• Mac OS X 10.8+ (clang7.3)

Please note that Houdini Apprentice does not support third-party renderers and thus cannot run HtoA.

Enhancements

• Rewrite hick with new render API (htoa#663)

• IPR for displacement shader graphs (htoa#1291)
• Translate scene in separate universe (htoa#1284)

Fixes

• Update alembic transform in IPR (htoa#1290)

• IPR shader update should respect the Auto Update status (htoa#1289)

• Allow referencing OBJ nodes with trailing slash on arnold ROP (htoa#1297)

• Fix load warnings for arnold_volume node (htoa#1282)

See also the Arnold 5.4.0.1 release notes for the full list of core enhancements and fixes.