 | | | Reference model question | Reference model question 2005-05-10 - By Graham D Clark
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the old tag ID issue is for everything
the instance inside of instance issues and instance inside of
instanced ref models setup you mentioned can have a number of other
issues in rendering to be wary of
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On 5/9/05, Andy Jones <andy@(protected)> wrote:
> That won't happen if we make the reference models local prior to
> rendering, though, will it? Or does this problem stem from nested
> instances?
>
> -Andy
>
> Matt Lind wrote:
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> > Not only that, the tag IDs change every frame too.
> >
> >
> > Matt
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> > Re: Reference model question
> > Date : Mon, 09 May 2005 20:05:45 -0400
> > To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> >
> >> From : Brad Friedman <xsibrad(at)fie.us>
> >
> > Subject : Re: Reference model question
> >
> > I doubt this will have an impact, but I'll mention it anyway.
> >
> > if you use the mental ray tag file output to generate masks per
> > object, you will run into problems with this. All instances will have
> > the same tag color in the pass.
> >
> >
> > -brad
> >
> >
> > Andy Jones wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a general question about reference models. Does anyone know if
> > there are any issues I'm likely to encounter using instances with
> > reference models? I know there can be problems with nested models in
> > general, as mentioned in a recent post. The project involves a house
> > with pieces of furniture. We're planning to use reference models for
> > the individual furniture models. What we'd like to have is:
> >
> >
> > Chair Model (reference)
> > ---> Leg Model
> > ---> Leg Model (instance)
> > ---> Leg Model (instance)
> > ---> Leg Model (instance)
> > Chair Model (instance)
> > Chair Model (instance)
> > Chair Model (instance)
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is likely to cause problems? I don't think
> > we'd need to have any links into the scene from beneath the Leg Model
> > null. Hopefully this doesn't cause problems, as it seems like it's
> > really the only sensible way to organize the geometry...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andy
> >
> >
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