Features
What ships in the Blender N-panel and the Houdini dockable panel. Not a wishlist.
Your local library
Multi-root indexing, Favorites, grid or list, hover previews, rescan / rebuild index.
Preview before importing
Larger preview on hover in Blender. Check the asset before you download or import.
Drag & drop
Panel to viewport on both products. Houdini also supports panel to network editor.
Materials
Houdini: Karma, Redshift, Arnold, Mantra, RenderMan, V-Ray, Octane. Blender: Principled BSDF wiring and Material Blend.
Supported online sources
Nine implemented connectors. Blender Community has eight public sources. Fab is Blender Pro and Houdini Pro. UAL does not own or license third-party assets.
SOP / Solaris import
Houdini imports into Object / SOP or Solaris Stage. Pick the target in Settings. Blender imports into the 3D Viewport.
Reference Manager
Houdini only. Scan the scene for library paths, optionally include all file paths and LOP / USD, replace a folder prefix, and localize copies into your project. Open from the Asset Library shelf or Actions.
Production utilities
Houdini: 16 Asset Library shelf tools, preset bundles, and Migrate Scene to Project. Blender: Material Blend on Community, GPU asset bar on Pro. Cloud backup stores metadata only, not original files.