<shameless_plug> I have a good article on Delta hygiene with a script to clean a lot of common issues in my blog: http://darkvertex.com/wp/2010/02/21/clean-softimage-deltas/
</shameless_plug> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Vincent Fortin <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you hit the nail on the head there. Will do more testing. If I can > repro this should probably be logged as a bug. > Thanks! > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On occasion, yes, but usually when the offloaded model is a dependency of >> something else going on in the scene. Eg: the loaded scene content needs >> the offloaded model for something.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Matt**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Vincent Fortin >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:55 PM >> *To:* softimage >> *Subject:* Re: Offloaded references hangs Softimage**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 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**** >> >> ** ** >> > >
