User guide

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Alembic caches are retrieved with reference to time, not a particular frame; because of this, Katana needs to know
what frame rate to use when querying the alembic file.
Control (UI) Default Value Function
name /root/world/geo/asset Specifies the Scene Graph location where the Alembic
asset is to be placed.
name
Parent to Scene Graph Selection N/A Sets the parent location of the Alembic asset to be the
current Scene Graph selection.
Parent to
/root/world/geo/...
N/A Sets the parent location of the Alembic asset to be
/root/world/geo.
Parent to
/root/world/lgt/...
N/A Sets the parent location of the Alembic asset to be
/root/world/lgt.
Parent to
/root/world/cam/...
N/A Sets the parent location of the Alembic asset to be
/root/world/cam.
Select In Scene Graph
N/A Selects the location specified by this parameter in the
Scene Graph tab.
abcAsset none Specifies where to retrieve the asset, an Alembic (.abc)
file.
abcAsset
Browse... N/A Brings up the file browser or your studio's asset
management browser and enables you to select the
asset to use.
Set Node Name From Path N/A Changes the name of the node to match the filename
but without the path or extension.
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