Thanks Matt, that's good to know. To describe my problem more simply: Offloaded references hang Softimage. Loaded references don't. That doesn't make much sense does it?
Did you experience something similar? On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: > You mean besides the large amount of data you’re trying to load into > memory?**** > > ** ** > > Models have additional metadata which force additional validation checks > and processing of deltas. You’re experiencing normal behavior. We have the > same issues. **** > > ** ** > > The best I can suggest is to keep your edits lean on the referenced models > and remove any unnecessary crap such as construction history. Above all, > don’t put lights in models. For some reason they bring Softimage to it’s > knees.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Matt**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Vincent Fortin > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:34 PM > *To:* softimage > *Subject:* Offloaded references hangs Softimage**** > > ** ** > > Hi list,**** > > ** ** > > I have a scene with ~200 reference models offloaded via the scntoc.**** > > The scene opens relatively quick but as soon as I unroll the hierachy > containing all the reference models (in the explorer), Softimage stops > responding.**** > > ** ** > > If I open the same scene without modifying the scntoc, the scene takes > more than an hour to load but once it's open everything is fine.**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone know what could be causing this?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > ** ** > > Vincent**** >

