I was mostly referring to softimages plugin system actually, trying to upgrade plugins inside of a workgroup in the middle of a large project with lots of users can be a pain, older scenes that had previously worked fine might break after updating, not to mention downgrading plugins again if you find that they broke something can cause headaches as well..
for that reason if you are working on several projects its usually best to have one workgroup per project, rather than one for the whole company. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Tim Crowson <[email protected]>wrote: > Don't worry, Daniel. Workgroups aren't perfect, but they get the job > done. I'm not sure what 'world of pain' Andreas is talking about, although > I know he's dealt with stuff at a very different scale than some of us. For > what we do, and what I'm guessing you're likely to be doing, workgroups > will treat you well. > -Tim > > > > On 9/3/2013 7:37 AM, Andreas Bystrom wrote: > > like walter sobchak said: you're entering a world of pain > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Daniel Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Martin >> >> I will try. Hopefully it works well. >> >> Thank you >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/custom_basics_CreatingandUsingWorkgroups.htm >>> >>> Plugin Manager, Workgroups tab, File, Create. (you can do it manually >>> though) >>> >>> Now you have a folder with an structure similar to your SI User >>> folder. Put your plugins and uncompressed addons here (you don't >>> necessarily need to install your addons, just use the same folder structure >>> and it will be fine) >>> >>> When you want to install an addon file to your Workgroup, not your >>> user folder, do it with the Plugin Manager. >>> In the Tree tab, right click in your Workgroup folder, install xsiaddon. >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Daniel Kim <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi people >>>> >>>> Is there any document or tutorials for workgroup setup for SI? >>>> I have few plugins and it's pain to upgrade one by one when new >>>> version comes out. I heard there is a way to install plugin in workgroup >>>> and share data with render-farm. If someone knows how to setup, please help >>>> me. >>>> I am using Arnold render, deadline, Redshift, and few free addons now. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Daniel >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Daniel Kim >> Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist >> http://www.danielkim3d.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > > > -- > Andreas Byström > Weta Digital > > > -- > > > > -- Andreas Byström Weta Digital
