the model does not “include” the delta. think of the reference model as a placeholder for the emdl-file written on disk – each resolution can be the path to another file. The delta contains the differences, or additions, on top of that model, in the scene. They are part of the scene. when the scene is opened, the model is read from disk, and the deltas get applied on top. (I’m sure all of this is explained in the manuals better than I could) The model is the asset, the deltas are the shot based modifications to the asset. Normally you should not be doing changes on a reference model that you want to propagate elsewhere than the current scene/shot. A proper workflow is to keep a scene with the model local (=not referenced) and make modifications in that scene, and export the model from there. It will properly propagate to the scenes which use the model as referenced. I would keep that scene in the production library, and name it according to the asset and _edit as a suffix – and always use that scene for modifications. (and keep versions of it, as well as of the exported models )
Agreed, sometimes you end up doing something you shouldn’t have – such as making modifications on top of a referenced model rather than in the original, _edit scene. (really, think about this. You’re saying here that the tools don’t behave as they should, but you are not using them the way they were designed to work... ) You can make the reference model local to the scene - at which point it is no longer linked to the file on disk, and the delta gets applied to the model. If you export that model it will include all the changes you made. Now, to do things properly I would export this model as a temporary model, import it in the _edit scene, and bring over the changes you made onto the model in there and export from this scene. Mostly for keeping a proper history of the changes you did, but also for being more precise about what changes I would like to be included in the model and what I would like to keep as delta in the shot. From: Christopher Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 2:14 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Saving Delta Objects as EMDL - Updated Reference Model |_ Delta (target: <model name> I want to export the model which obviously includes the Delta, the problem the reference model does not have the updated materials and the updated UV maps that I applied to the reference object, when I export the the Reference model to the EMDL format into a 'clean scene' and by a clean scene I mean a fresh Softimage scene with nothing in the scene, and I load the EMDL in the clean scene checked the objects UV and material there not the same as the reference model in my original scene, how come ? ::Christopher Xavier Lapointe Friday, April 19, 2013 7:39 PM Filter acquired. Applying filter. *Wooosh* Christopher Friday, April 19, 2013 6:47 PM That I understand about reference models. What is different about Deltas ? ::Christopher pete...@skynet.be Friday, April 19, 2013 5:35 PM I can’t grasp what you are saying – there’s no such thing as a “delta model”, “delta object”, “reference object” nor “reference model object”. you are confusing different terms and concepts - it’s hard to reply anything other than duh. add uv’s to objects in a model. export the model as an emdl-file (= model). any reference model pointing to this emdl-file will automatically have the uv’s (upon the next reload) – you can import a new reference model or modify an existing one. no need to mess about with deltas. just give it the proper path to the emdl file. this is the very basic functioning of reference models: save a model to disk as an emdl file - it contains all things you put inside the model. (objects, properties,..) import the emdl file as a reference model in a scene make changes to the file on disk – any changes. the reference model in the scene will get the changes you made, next time you update it - either manually by reloading, or simply next time you open the scene. if you grok this you can move up one level, to try and understand deltas. From: Christopher Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 8:52 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Saving Delta Objects as EMDL ? The reference model is loaded into my scene as a reference object. I have applied UV's to the reference model object, I want to edit the delta model, outside of the original scene and into a clean scene then save it as a delta then load my original scene and the delta is updated. ::Christopher Christopher Friday, April 19, 2013 2:52 PM The reference model is loaded into my scene as a reference object. I have applied UV's to the reference model object, I want to edit the delta model, outside of the original scene and into a clean scene then save it as a delta then load my original scene and the delta is updated. ::Christopher Guillaume Laforge Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:30 PM How do you unload a Delta as a EMDL object for editing in a clean scene?You can open the preset from the manager and refresh.I have updated the reference object model with UV.On my side I have updated the compound with a reference.I can't save the reference object I can't animate this object - model as a EMDL object without saving it as a model,- bone is an X3DObject without the IK,I hope there is a workaround for this ?I hope it will help ? On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Christopher <christop...@thecreativesheep.ca> wrote:
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