diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_cache_farm.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_cache_farm.py
index 040ad68a1a..dc433f0f58 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_cache_farm.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_cache_farm.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class CollectDataforCache(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.04
     families = ["ass", "pointcache",
                 "mantraifd", "redshiftproxy",
-                "vdbcache"]
+                "vdbcache", "model"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     targets = ["local", "remote"]
     label = "Collect Data for Cache"
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ class CollectDataforCache(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         cache_files = {"_": instance.data["files"]}
         # Convert instance family to pointcache if it is bgeo or abc
         # because ???
-        for family in instance.data["families"]:
-            if family == "bgeo" or "abc":
-                instance.data["productType"] = "pointcache"
-                break
+        self.log.debug(instance.data["families"])
         instance.data.update({
             "plugin": "Houdini",
             "publish": True
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_chunk_size.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_chunk_size.py
index 3e2561dd6f..f0913f2f0a 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_chunk_size.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_chunk_size.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class CollectChunkSize(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
     order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.05
     families = ["ass", "pointcache",
                 "vdbcache", "mantraifd",
-                "redshiftproxy"]
+                "redshiftproxy", "model"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     targets = ["local", "remote"]
     label = "Collect Chunk Size"
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_output_node.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_output_node.py
index 26381e065e..289222f32b 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_output_node.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_output_node.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ class CollectOutputSOPPath(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         "usd",
         "usdrender",
         "redshiftproxy",
-        "staticMesh"
+        "staticMesh",
+        "model"
     ]
 
     hosts = ["houdini"]
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_export_is_a_single_frame.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_export_is_a_single_frame.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6775699adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_export_is_a_single_frame.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Validator for checking that export is a single frame."""
+import pyblish.api
+from ayon_core.pipeline import (
+    PublishValidationError,
+    OptionalPyblishPluginMixin
+)
+from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import ValidateContentsOrder
+from ayon_core.hosts.houdini.api.action import SelectInvalidAction
+
+
+class ValidateSingleFrame(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
+                           OptionalPyblishPluginMixin):
+    """Validate Export is a Single Frame.
+
+    It checks if rop node is exporting one frame.
+    This is mainly for Model product type.
+    """
+
+    families = ["model"]
+    hosts = ["houdini"]
+    label = "Validate Single Frame"
+    order = ValidateContentsOrder + 0.1
+    actions = [SelectInvalidAction]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+
+        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
+        if invalid:
+            nodes = [n.path() for n in invalid]
+            raise PublishValidationError(
+                "See log for details. "
+                "Invalid nodes: {0}".format(nodes)
+            )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
+
+        invalid = []
+
+        frame_start = instance.data.get("frameStartHandle")
+        frame_end = instance.data.get("frameEndHandle")
+
+        # This happens if instance node has no 'trange' parameter.
+        if (frame_start or frame_end) is None:
+            cls.log.debug(
+                "No frame data, skipping check.."
+            )
+            return
+
+        if frame_start != frame_end:
+            invalid.append(instance.data["instance_node"])
+            cls.log.error(
+                "Invalid frame range on '%s'."
+                "You should use the same frame number for 'f1' "
+                "and 'f2' parameters.",
+                instance.data["instance_node"].path()
+            )
+
+        return invalid
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_is_static.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_is_static.py
index 289e00339b..9652367bfe 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_is_static.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_is_static.py
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ class ValidateMeshIsStatic(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
     """Validate mesh is static.
 
     It checks if output node is time dependent.
+    this avoids getting different output from ROP node when extracted
+    from a different frame than the first frame.
+    (Might be overly restrictive though)
     """
 
-    families = ["staticMesh"]
+    families = ["staticMesh",
+                "model"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     label = "Validate Mesh is Static"
     order = ValidateContentsOrder + 0.1
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
index 38f1c4e176..5e59eb505f 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_mkpaths_toggled.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ValidateIntermediateDirectoriesChecked(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """Validate Create Intermediate Directories is enabled on ROP node."""
 
     order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
-    families = ["pointcache", "camera", "vdbcache"]
+    families = ["pointcache", "camera", "vdbcache", "model"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     label = "Create Intermediate Directories Checked"
 
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_sop_output_node.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_sop_output_node.py
index 61cf7596ac..d67192d28e 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_sop_output_node.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_sop_output_node.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ValidateSopOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """
 
     order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
-    families = ["pointcache", "vdbcache"]
+    families = ["pointcache", "vdbcache", "model"]
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     label = "Validate Output Node (SOP)"
     actions = [SelectROPAction, SelectInvalidAction]