Hi Freber, where is the Prj located :-? in which main folder :-? Realsoft Root
Matthias ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:53 PM Subject: Nested file instances and paths > Hi, how does file path resolution work for nested instances? It > appears as if all paths are relative to the current project and not to > each file instance. Can anyone verify this? And is this good or bad? > > I have several life-long projects, one of which is a model of my > appartment. For this I have used bits and pieces from my old > appartment model and the projects are separated in folders for use as > file instances. Here are some example files and how they are arranged > in folders: > > Project root: > Apartment.prj > Project Root/Textures: > (Images used for textures in the main building) > Project root/Furniture: > Computer Rack.prj > Project root/Furniture/Textures: > (Images used for textures in the various pieces of furniture) > Project root/Furniture/Equipment: > Computer.prj > Project Root/Furniture/Equipment/Textures: > (Images used for textures in the equipment) > > The main project, "Apartment.prj", includes a file instance referring > to "Furniture/Computer Rack.prj". The computer rack, in turn includes > a file instance referring to "Equipment/Computer.prj". When working on > "Computer Rack.prj", the geometry can be loaded, but when working on > "Apartment.prj", the geometry of "Computer Rack.prj" can be loaded, > but thge geometry of "Computer.prj" is not shown. I only use relative > paths in the file instances as I sometimes work on a different PC > where the location of the project root is different. > > Is there a way to make the paths relative to each file instance or is > there a better way to organise the pieces? The idea here is, of course > that the same furniture and equipments is supposed to be used in > different projects without the need for tedious copying and version > management. > > Best regards, > Fredrik >
