If you select objects in the related explorer on the left does it filter properly?
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Sergio Mucino <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, I don't know why, but after embedding the XSI Explorer into a > Layout Panel, now it displays the standard Schematic view with everything > displayed, instead of the 'filtered' one with only the selected object and > its relatioships. I've been trying to locate which filter I might have > turned off in the menus, unsuccessfully. Any pointers? Thanks everyone! > > > *Sergio Mucino* > Lead Rigger > Modus FX > > On 18/09/2013 12:24 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote: > > This is awesome! This gives me what I was looking for. Thanks a lot David! > > *Sergio Mucino* > Lead Rigger > Modus FX > > On 18/09/2013 11:43 AM, David Barosin wrote: > > You can sort of get that with the XSI Explorer - (alt + 8) and set the > viewer menu's display to schematic. > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Sergio Mucino <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Thanks Eric! Yes, the Hypergraph can get complicated, but I'm used to >> finding my way through it rather reasonably. >> >> I was actually thinking about the scripting side of things... I'm not >> sure how scriptable the behavior of the Schematic View is, but if I could >> get it to only display the selected node and any other connected nodes and >> hide the rest, that would already get me a long way towards a happier >> healthier life :-) . >> >> I will do the search you suggested. Thanks again! >> >> -- >> *Sergio Mucino* >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> On 18/09/2013 11:12 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: >> >> Schematic view is probably as close to the Hypergraph workflow you're >> going to get honestly. If your rig structure is clean and organized it >> shouldn't be too bad to deal with. I will say that even the Hypergraph can >> get a bit soupie. >> >> You may need to write yourself some scripts to present the data to you in >> a way you understand. >> >> If I recall there was a command that you can get the connection info in >> xml form that shows the 2 way connections and parse it from there. Check >> the google group archive and search for Alan Fregtman's post about it. I >> think it's been discussed a few times before. >> >> Eric T. >> >> On September-18-13 10:47:28 AM, Sergio Mucino wrote: >> >> Hello. I have a very basic question for anyone who might be able to help. >> I just got started using Softimage, and I'm having the usual problems >> anyone faces when starting to use new software they're not familiar with >> (just for background information purposes, I'm coming from Maya and Max. >> I state this just so that it gives you an idea of the language I might >> be using). One of the things that I'm having a hard time right now is >> navigating scene relationships. >> >> I'm trying to find a tool that will help me to efficiently find scene >> relationships, and so far, I haven't found an easy way to navigate these >> relationships. I'm trying to find my way through someone else's files, >> and finding what's related to each object is a bit of a PITA at this >> point. I'm using the Explorer as a starting point, but it doesn't get me >> there the entire way. Let me give you an example. >> >> I've got a mesh selected. In the Explorer, I can see it's being deformed >> by a Lattice, and an Envelope Operator. I need to find the actual scene >> objects that are driving these deformations. For the Envelope Op, I know >> I can go to Deform/Envelope/Select Deformer from Envelope, and it will >> select in the scene the objects that are driving the envelope's >> deformations (I'd rather not lose my selection, just get a list of the >> objects used as deformers, but I'm ok with Softimage working this way). >> However, the Lattice is an entirely different story. If I select the >> Lattice operator and inspect its properties, the only reference I can >> find in the Properties dialog is to its cluster. If I then find that >> cluster in the Cluster folder for my object, and check its properties, I >> get nothing. There seems to be no way I can get to the actual Lattice >> object in the scene deforming this cluster easily. >> >> The only way I've found so far has been to use the Schematic View. If I >> turn on all the Links (for the selected object only, of course. >> Otherwise, I just get a noodle soup), with my geo selected I can see >> links going to different objects in the scene. I had to track down each >> link (which in a scene this size took a lot of scrolling, especially >> since zooming out gets rid of the names on the links) until I found the >> link that had "Lattice" written on it. Then I could follow it and find >> the scene object that the Lattice operator refers to. >> >> I would like to know if there's a more efficient way of navigating scene >> relationships than this. I'm sure than being completely new to the >> software, I'm missing a lot. I've tried googling around, and asking >> people at work, but haven't been able to uncover much. If someone has >> some pointers towards getting stuff done faster, I'll be very glad to >> hear them. Just for information purposes only, I'm trying to get the >> same information I'd get my graphing an object in the Maya Hypergraph... >> a view or list of all relationships for the selected object(s). >> If this is not possible (I understand Softimage might have a totally >> different way of doing quite a few things), if someone else could >> describe how they tend to work to find their way in the scene, I'd love >> to hear that too. >> I appreciate any help or pointers anyone might have. Thanks a lot for >> your time! >> >> Sergio Mucino >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> -------------------------- >> To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with >> subject "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >> >> >> >> -------------------------- >> To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with >> subject "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >> > > > > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. > > > > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. > > > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >
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