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File Referencing
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Table of contents
1 File referencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About
About file referencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
File referencing workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About proxy references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Proxies with shared edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Proxy referencing workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About proxy tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the Reference Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Modifying a file reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locking a file reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How Maya keeps track of edits to file references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
File referencing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Saving reference edits to grandchild files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
File reference and node structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
How do I?
Work with file references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Work with proxy references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
List, copy, or remove reference edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Edit reference paths in the Reference Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
View selected references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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File referencing
About
About file referencing
File referencing allows users to assemble multiple objects, shading materials,
animation, etc. into a scene without importing the files into the scene. That is,
the contents that appear in the scene are read or
referenced
from pre-existing
files that remain separate and unopened. File referencing empowers users for
collaborative production in situations where multiple users need to work
concurrently and share various assets in complex scenes. File referencing
accomplishes this by allowing users to segment their scenes as required to suit
their production workflow.
A scene file that references other files lower in the hierarchy is known as a
parent scene
. A parent scene reads or references other files that make up a
scene from where they reside on disk (or on a network). These files are known as
referenced child scenes
.
Parent Scene
PS_1.ma
Referenced
Child Scenes
RC_1.ma
RC_2.ma
Note
In file referencing, the parent/child nomenclature is used to indicate
the referencing relationship and a file’s relative position within the
file referencing hierarchy. We refer to the
currently open parent
scene
when speaking of the relationship between the open scene
file and any scene files it references.
Even though the referenced child scenes appear within the currently open parent
scene they remain separate from the currently open parent scene at all times.
When the currently open parent scene file is saved, any referenced scene data is
not saved within it.
Once a child scene has been referenced into the currently open parent scene, the
contents of the child scene are placed in memory, and displayed in the scene.
This initial state for a referenced file is referred to as being
loaded
. Other child
scenes can be loaded in the currently open parent scene simultaneously. Users
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