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# Using the Render Network API for Generative Houdini Workflows
#### A walkthrough by technical 3D artist MHX
Technical 3D artist **MHX** demonstrates how the [**Render Network API**](https://know.rendernetwork.com/getting-started/using-the-render-network-manager-app-and-render-network-api) can be used to support generative 3D workflows built in Houdini and rendered with **Octane** on the **Render Network**.
In these examples, procedural scenes are generated in Houdini, submitted to the Render Network for rendering via the API, and retrieved as part of a connected workflow. MHX shows this process running both locally and in a virtualized compute environment, using [**Dispersed**](https://dispersed.com/).
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### Generative workflows driven directly from Houdini
In the first workflow, MHX shows how the Render Network API can be accessed **directly inside Houdini** using a custom **Houdini Digital Asset (HDA)**.
At a high level:
* Houdini generates procedural or generative scenes
* The HDA packages the scene as an **ORBX**
* The Render Network API submits render jobs
* Job status is tracked programmatically
* Rendered frames are retrieved back into the workflow
This allows MHX to manage the full render loop - submission, rendering, and file handling - **without leaving Houdini**, making it well suited for iterative and generative work.
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