Finally found what I was looking for.
Converting from Houdini mantra/fbx import to vray or any rendering engine with a single click. Took me about 5 hours to find this nugget. Hope it saves you time. Costs $70 but well worth it for these complex scenes.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/5860456/video/504471849
for the search engine:
convert to vray shaders
convert to vray mtls
convert to vray materials
convert houdini fbx shaders to vray
tool for converting shaders
Converting from Houdini mantra/fbx import to vray or any rendering engine with a single click. Took me about 5 hours to find this nugget. Hope it saves you time. Costs $70 but well worth it for these complex scenes.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/5860456/video/504471849
for the search engine:
convert to vray shaders
convert to vray mtls
convert to vray materials
convert houdini fbx shaders to vray
tool for converting shaders