Out of curiosity Michael, where did you get the maya 2017 libraries from? A friend of mine recently compiled it for maya 2016 and as far as I remember, the libraries only contained up to maya 2016, not maya 2016.5 nor2017. I don't have any experience compiling things, but that's what I was told :)
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Michael Amasio <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the hijack. > > I had a huge headache getting crate compiled for maya2017 on centos7 but > managed. I'll add it to the git > On Jul 27, 2017 2:27 PM, "Leoung O'Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The animator that is exporting the Alembic using Crate from Maya 2017 >> said the textures don't come export. >> The Autodesk Alembic conversion does, is she doing something wrong? >> >> Thanks, >> Leoung >> >> On 7/27/2017 3:28 PM, Jonathan Moore wrote: >> >> Crate just tends to be a more predictable pipeline from Maya/Max to XSI >> and that's why folk at some large studios have been recompiling it each >> year for the new Max and Maya releases. >> >> On 27 July 2017 at 20:22, Leoung O'Young <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jonathan, >>> >>> I have downloaded it but haven't tested it out. We have to rely on >>> another animator who is supplying us with the Maya 2017 Crate file. >>> Does Crate do much more than the Autodesk Alembic importer/exporter? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Leoung >>> >>> >>> On 7/27/2017 3:17 PM, Jonathan Moore wrote: >>> >>> Leoung, did you get a chance to check out the Crate for Maya 2017 I >>> posted? >>> >>> On 27 July 2017 at 20:15, Leoung O'Young <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sven, >>>> >>>> Thanks so much for such a detail explanation. We will test it out. >>>> >>>> Leoung >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/27/2017 2:48 PM, Sven Constable wrote: >>>> >>>> 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] >>>> <[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] >>>> <[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. 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