Maya has 'contribution maps' that you can create on layers, which are kinda the same as Soft's partitions. I'm not saying they're better (and I don't want to get into a debate) but that's the equivalent.
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Gonzalez Sent: 19 March 2014 11:43 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A confession The point I was trying to make is that not having partitions makes rendering in Maya much more difficult and less efficient than rendering in XSI. This is one the features I am put off by when switching to Maya. Agreed, different 3D applications behave in different manners, and so you just need to change your way of working to adapt to it. Then it's not as horrible as you thought it was at first.But in the case of partitions I haven't come across any Maya user who had a workaround or method which was even close to XSI's built in features. And I have worked 4 years on a Maya / XSI based post house. J On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Graham Bell <graham.b...@autodesk.com<mailto:graham.b...@autodesk.com>> wrote: I've use both Maya and Softimage (XSI) for years, and the problem (imo) that many will make is that they're two different applications. You simply can't go into one and expect it to work in the same way to something else. This is no different to when jumping to Modo, Houdini, or Max. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: 19 March 2014 11:19 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: A confession You shouldn't rely too much on the outliners, they are nowhere near what SI Explorer is. But if you must, and want to open multiple outliners ala Softimage, you can do it with something like this: // MEL //------------------------------------- window -t "Outliner" -wh 200 500; frameLayout -labelVisible false; string $panel = `outlinerPanel`; showWindow; //------------------------------------- Yeah, you have to script a lot in Maya. Even for stupid things like this. Knowing basic scripting in SI is very useful, but in Maya, not knowing basic scripting may be critical. Martin On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic <klebed...@gmail.com<mailto:klebed...@gmail.com><mailto:klebed...@gmail.com<mailto:klebed...@gmail.com>>> wrote: You should go with something more simpler for start: Try opening few outliners as you would often have few explorer opened in SI.
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