User guide

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Control (UI) Default Value Function
mode Current Frame Sets the timing mode to apply to the asset:
• Current Frame - uses the current frame to access
the Alembic asset.
• Hold Frame - uses the frame specified by holdTime
to access the Alembic asset.
• Clamp Range - forces Katana to only retrieve
geometry from between the inTime and outTime
frames. The frames specified by inTime and
outTime are used for frames before and after the
clamp range respectively.
timing > mode: Hold Frame
holdTime globals.inTime
(an expression)
The frame to retrieve from the Alembic asset.
timing > mode: Clamp Range
inTime globals.inTime
(an expression)
The start frame for retrieving geometry from the
Alembic asset.
outTime globals.outTime
(an expression)
The end frame for retrieving geometry from the
Alembic asset.
advanced
useOnlyShutterOpenCloseTimes No When set to Yes, forces the Alembic cache to only use
the time samples corresponding to shutter open and
close times when 'maxTimeSamples' is set to 2 in a
RenderSettings node.
ArnoldGlobalSettings
The ArnoldGlobalSettings node is populated by the XML file located at ${KATANA_ROOT}
/plugins/Resources/Arnold4.1/GenericAssign. These parameter names and defaults can change between Arnold
versions and, as such, are provided for you to change. In Katana 2.0v1 the available options as shipped are:
2 NODES A-C | ARNOLDGLOBALSETTINGS