"explode" MXS ref?

"explode" MXS ref?#384159

By choo-chee - Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:13 pm

- Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:13 pm #384159

Hey there again,
Is it possible to "explode" (or bind in "autocad language") MXS references so they become "real" part of the Maya scene?

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Re: "explode" MXS ref?#384160

By AlexP - Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:21 pm

- Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:21 pm #384160

Maya plugin has mxs import possibility, but I'm not sure it will work...

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Re: "explode" MXS ref?#384161

By choo-chee - Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:26 pm

- Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:26 pm #384161

didn't mean that... I have a scene with lots of MXS refs and now I need to "explode" them so I'll be able to edit same MXS instance but with different materials...so instead of the same green tree I'll have green one, and yellow one, and one without leaves, etc....without placing again all the files inside the scene.

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Re: "explode" MXS ref?#384163

By Mihnea Balta - Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:41 pm

- Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:41 pm #384163

You can change material assignments for an MXS reference. Click the "Override Materials" button in the attribute editor for the reference and you will get a list of objects in the MXS file. You can then select a new material from the current scene for each object. If you leave a field empty, that object will keep using the material assigned to it in the MXS file.