Houdini Engine for 3DS Max Installation Guide
The following steps illustrate how to install the Houdini Engine for 3DS Max plug-in. There is no installer for the plug-ins, so you will have to copy the necessary files to proper locations.
Folder Structure
Once uncompressed, you will find pre-built plug-ins under the bin directory.
3DS Max Install Location
First, you need to locate your 3DS Max install location. For example, for 3DS Max 2016, it is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3DS Max 2016\ by default. There are “plugins” and “scripts” directories underneath.
Copy the contents in plugins and scripts
Copy the contents of HoudiniEngineFor3dsMax\bin\Max<version>\plugins to the plugins directory under the 3ds Max install location.
Do the same with the scripts.
For 3DS Max 2016, copy the contents of bin\Max2016\plugins and bin\Max2016\scripts to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3DS Max 2016\{scripts|plugins}.