Thanks Min Rui, I will set up an example scene and send it your way. best, Enrique
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Min Rui Tan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Enrique, > > If you have a consistent repro case, you can forward it to me and we'll > investigate if something is broken from 2013. > > Thanks! > Min Rui > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Enrique Caballero > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Importing of Models Deathly Slow > > Hey everyone, > We are having a recurring problem here that I have just learned to live > with, but am hoping maybe someone can shed some light on it for me. > > Importing of referenced models has always been slow in Softimage, but > around 2013 it got much slower for us. > > > This is with extremely lightweight rigs as well. Simple props with > limited geo, and usually incredibly few deformers. Nothing fancy. > > It is normal for it to take up to 3 minutes for us to load a scene that > has maybe 10 simple props and 2 simple characters. > > The problem is worse if we try to switch rig resolution. > > And the problem becomes far worse if we import a character that has fur > (ice strands), this can take significantly longer. > > Does anyone have any tips on alleviating this, or know if it possibly has > something to do with our config? > > Our network is quite fast here, its actually very impressive hardware for > such a small shop. So I would be surprised if its network related. > > Thanks, > Enrique >

