Simply shows you the amount of memory nodes take up in the hip file on disk. This is beneficial when your file size of the hip increases and you are trying to figure out why. Optionally, this tool can be run from the python shell

from OD import shelftools
shelftools.showDiskUsage(minValue = 100000, outFile = "c:/temp/result.txt")
"""Shows the Disk Usage of nodes in a hip file  
  Args:
      minValue (integer, optional): The minimum memory value in bytes to display. Defaults to None.
      outFile (string, optional): An output file with the results, otherwise print to console. Defaults to None.
  """

Quick Video showing an overview.

ODFX_ShowHipFootprint.mp4