Great info Alan! Tks for that! — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com> wrote: > <shameless_plug> > I have a good article on Delta hygiene with a script to clean a lot of > common issues in my blog: > http://darkvertex.com/wp/2010/02/21/clean-softimage-deltas/ > </shameless_plug> > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Vincent Fortin <vfor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think you hit the nail on the head there. Will do more testing. If I can >> repro this should probably be logged as a bug. >> Thanks! >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com>wrote: >> >>> On occasion, yes, but usually when the offloaded model is a dependency of >>> something else going on in the scene. Eg: the loaded scene content needs >>> the offloaded model for something.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Matt**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Vincent Fortin >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:55 PM >>> *To:* softimage >>> *Subject:* Re: Offloaded references hangs Softimage**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Thanks Matt, that's good to know.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> To describe my problem more simply:**** >>> >>> Offloaded references hang Softimage. Loaded references don't. That >>> doesn't make much sense does it?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Did you experience something similar?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> You mean besides the large amount of data you’re trying to load into >>> memory?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Models have additional metadata which force additional validation checks >>> and processing of deltas. You’re experiencing normal behavior. We have the >>> same issues. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> The best I can suggest is to keep your edits lean on the referenced >>> models and remove any unnecessary crap such as construction history. Above >>> all, don’t put lights in models. For some reason they bring Softimage to >>> it’s knees.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Matt**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Vincent Fortin >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:34 PM >>> *To:* softimage >>> *Subject:* Offloaded references hangs Softimage**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Hi list,**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> I have a scene with ~200 reference models offloaded via the scntoc.**** >>> >>> The scene opens relatively quick but as soon as I unroll the hierachy >>> containing all the reference models (in the explorer), Softimage stops >>> responding.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> If I open the same scene without modifying the scntoc, the scene takes >>> more than an hour to load but once it's open everything is fine.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Does anyone know what could be causing this?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Thanks!**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Vincent**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >>