does that sibling have other siblings? If not, that would be correct.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Sergio Mucino <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, but that's the thing... for some objects, it displays the entire > hierarchy, whereas for other objects (I tested with a direct sibling) it > just displays the selected object and its relationships. I cannot find any > logic into why sometimes Softimage will decide to display everything. > > > *Sergio Mucino* > Lead Rigger > Modus FX > > On 18/09/2013 1:43 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > > are the objects part of a hierarchy? > The schematic view does show the entire hierarchy, normally. > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Sergio Mucino <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Ok, it's interesting. It's only doing this for certain objects. It's not >> doing it for others. I'll have to look into why for some objects, the >> entire scene hierarchy is displayed, and not for others. >> >> >> *Sergio Mucino* >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> On 18/09/2013 12:52 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote: >> >> No change. I guess some preference somewhere got ticked off. I'll see if >> I can locate it... >> >> *Sergio Mucino* >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> On 18/09/2013 12:46 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote: >> >> No. It just highlights them in the Schematic View. >> If I bring up a floating window of the XSI Explorer using the shortcut, >> it shows the same. >> I'll try deleting it from the layout and see what happens. >> >> *Sergio Mucino* >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> On 18/09/2013 12:45 PM, David Barosin wrote: >> >> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. 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