as we get further away from poor Bernards original thread, I'll jump on this and just say that for importing and exporting multiple objects, skeletons and rigs included, I use export > .xsi when exporting and importing small pieces of data to other scenes. It works as you would expect with multiple objects selected.
But, I hear you on the multi selection model export..It could be improved a tad...
I uusally just multi select the assets I need and cretae > new model to embed them under a model and then export. An extra step I know, but the quickest way around the prob.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:01 am
Subject: Re: XSI Montreal "Tips & Tricks" session, looking for presenters
> Aaahhh - ok - gotcha - yeah - their workaround for a lack of model
> doesindeed seem to be broken. Log it to support with repro steps.
>
> I didn't realise they'd even implemented a workaround for maya
> types - it
> used to just throw an error saying no model selected and I thought
> this was
> the problem you were hitting.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan.
>
> On 5/31/06, Joey Ponthieux <j.g.ponthieux(at)larc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> > Make a cube, a sphere, and a cone.
> > Select the cube.
> > Go File>Export>Model.
> > Give the Model name Temp.
> > Import Temp.emdl into a new scene in a separate XSI session.
> > You will note that Temp is a Model with the cube underneath.
> >
> > Now go back and select sphere first, cube second, then cone.
> > Go File>Export>Model.
> > Give the Model name Temp2.
> > Import Temp2.emdl into a new scene in a separate XSI session.
> > You will note that Temp2 only possesses sphere.
> >
> > The ability to export selected objects is either broken or needs
> to be
> > removed as it misleads the user into thinking that this is a
> functional> way of doing business.
> >
> > It is not. Single vs Multi selection distinction was done away
> with Soft
> > 3D. This should be a multi-selection procedure. It is not. It is
> broken.>
> > --
> >
> > Joey Ponthieux
> > NCI Information Systems Inc.
> > NASA Langley Research Center
> > ____________________________________________________________
> > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and
> > do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party.
> >
> >
> > Alan Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > ummmm - I don't see how it's broken. The only way it would appear
> > > broken is if you weren't familiar with XSI terminalogy. In
> which case
> > > it's a case of PEBKAC, not a bug.
> > >
> > > A model isn't a generic piece of geometry - it's a specific
> type of
> > > object in the scene hierarchy.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Alan.
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