XSI considers alembic files not as regular external files. So they are not in the External Files manager. The only exception is when there are inside a ref model, then the ref model is external an everything in it.
Regarding relative pathes: Yes , you can do that using the token [Project Path] in the alembic path. If you left it blank its actually the same. XSI will search for the file in the projects root directory per default. So if the animator puts it in the projects root folder, the path can be left empty and XSI should find it too. But probably a subfolder is more suitable. Eg. "[Project Path]\Alembic-Files\findme.abc" should work, even without the token. Sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Alembic file from Maya to Softimage 2015 HI Sven, The original Alembic file came from Maya 2017, exported using the Autodesk Alembic. My animator imported it into 2015 Soft using the Autodesk Alembic and put it into his Soft scene. He is able to reopen the scene without problems. He sends the Soft scene file and the Alembic file, and I am placing it in the same place in the project the animator has it on his computer. When I open the Soft scene file, it doesn't know the path to the Alembic file and crashes Soft. Is there a way of saving the Soft scene so it remembers the relative path to the Alembic file? It doesn’t show in the External File manager, which is where we’d expect to fix it if it was the link to a texture image or something. Anyone know if Crate can be use in Maya 2017? Thanks, Leoung On 7/27/2017 10:11 AM, Sven Constable wrote: if it only crashes on other workstations it is probably not that XSI can't remember the path, because then it would crash on the same workstation on re-opening as well. I suspect a mistake in the file path. The abc file might be accessible from the animators workstation but not from yours. Or maybe the animator used the crate plugin for the abc import and it's not installed on your workstation? Sorry if this sounds obvious. Sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Alembic file from Maya to Softimage 2015 Hi Walter, Thanks for your reply. It crashes right after loading, it kicks me right out of Soft. I don't think it isn't a security problem because I can load the scene if my animator remove the link to the Alembic file. For it to work I had to put the Alembic file in the root directory and re-link it. That is a pain. Haven't test it with Royal Render if I re-link it. Copy All doesn't do the job. Thanks, Leoung On 7/27/2017 3:52 AM, wavo wrote: hello Leoung, when did it crash?! during the loading process or when softimage trys to build the scenery in the viewport? Did you try to merge the saved scene in a fresh new Scene, another option mute first the viewport/s and the merge, if this works check the Alembic-path. Maybe it can also be a security-problem with the files, start softimage on the other computer as an administrator and then try to load the scene . And last i dont no if softimage saves the alembics when Externals Files is set to Copy All! good luck Walter Am 7/26/2017 um 5:25 PM schrieb Leoung O'Young: Sorry, I am probably not putting this correctly. We can import the ABC file in but when we saved the scene and open it up on another workstation it crashes. It looks like it doesn't remember the path to the ABC file. Is there a way of saving the scene so it is in the project file, like how it works with external files? Thanks, Leoung -- Walter Volbers Senior Animator FIFTYEIGHT 3D Animation & Digital Effects GmbH Kontorhaus Osthafen Lindleystraße 12 60314 Frankfurt am Main Germany Telefon +49 (0) 69.48 000 55.50 Telefax +49 (0) 69.48 000 55.15 mailto:[email protected] http://www.fiftyeight.com -------------------------------------------------------- ESC58 Eine Kooperation der escape GmbH und der FIFTYEIGHT3D GmbH http://www.ESC58.de <http://www.ESC58.de> ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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