Any time Andre. My observations right now are that there are a couple of
issues but if you know what they are you can plan around them and ultimately
they are worth it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> Behalf Of Andre DeAngelis
> Sent: 01 November 2006 15:01
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: Another Poll of Ref Models
>
> Much appreciated Kim.
>
> Andre
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> Behalf Of Kim Aldis
> Sent: November 1, 2006 5:23 AM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: Another Poll of Ref Models
>
> I've a few issues with them, none serious, so long as you know they're
> there, just a bit annoying:
>
> Nested models:
>
> Mostly, more trouble than they're worth. I have problems with
> some elements in nested models dropping out of groups and partitions.
> If you select a root model and store an action, no actions on nested
> models are stored. Raf thinks this is correct, I'm inclined to
> disagree.
>
> Constraining reference roots to anything; they fall off regularly
> and xsi will crash a fair bit. It's more stable if you constrain the
> contents of the model, good enough reason in itself to build an srt
> root into the model.
>
> I've had problems changing some aspects of source models and the
> results of the changes not registering in references that are already
> in scenes and animating. Colours on materials, groups, and some actions
> don't get picked up.
>
> Any nested models, the namespace isn't hierarchichal. You'll find
> the names of objects in the nested models will change if there's
> conflict with other models.
>
>
> I'm sure there's others, but these are the ones that spring to mind
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> > Behalf Of Andre DeAngelis
> > Sent: 26 October 2006 14:52
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: Another Poll of Ref Models
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am curious to see what the latest opinions were on the usability
> and
> > stability of Ref Models. What people's experiences were with using
> > them and the dos and donts.
> >
> > We use them sparingly, but I am looking at how far to take their
> > implementation.
> >
> > All comments would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Andre
> >
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