PyCharm import external library

Question

I am using PyCharm as an editor for python code in Houdini. Whenever I try to import the main Houdini library (hou) I get an error flagged in PyCharm. If I include the code

Answer 1

Update (2018-01-06): This answer is obsolete. Modern versions of PyCharm provide Paths via Settings ⇨ Project Interpreter ⇨ ⚙ ⇨ Show All ⇨ Show paths button.

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PyCharm Professional Edition has the Paths tab in Python Interpreters settings, but Community Edition apparently doesn't have it.

As a workaround, you can create a symlink for your imported library under your project's root.

For example:

myproject
    mypackage
        __init__.py
    third_party -> /some/other/directory/third_party