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Wa rn in g: IfyouupdateanXRefinascenewith
radiosity
(page 3–50)
, probably this will invalidate the radiosity
solution. After you update the XRef, reset the radiosity
solution and then reca lculate it.
Merge in Scene—Converts all objects for the
highlighted record into native objects in your target
scene. The objects, materials, and manipulators
are no longer referenced from the source file
butbecomepartofyourtargetscene.Aprompt
appears so y ou can confirm the action. Since a
merged XRef objec t be comes part of the scene and
is no longer an XRef, its name is removed from the
list below. This works on a XRef record basis, so a ll
entities belonging to the highlighted XRef record
are con v erted. The contents of the source file are
not affected by this button.
Merging an XRef object loads the full modifier
stack of the original object into the target scene
(your current scene), while maintaining any
additional stack items that were added while the
objectwasanXRef.Thus,youcanuseMergeIn
Scene to update an object that has been modified
as an XRef.
Conver t S elect
ed Object ( s) as X R e f
Record—
Creates a source file for currently selected
objects.Thismeansthatyoucanselectobjectsin
the current s
cene and then save them to a scene
file.ThisfileisthenlistedasanXRefrecordthat
cont ains only the objects you selected.
Note: This option works best for new objects, not
objects tha
t have been X Refed already. If you use
it for an object that is already an XRef, it creates
a nested XRef. Nested XRefs still behave as you
expect, bu
t they can reduce performance when
you open a scene or render it.
Select—Selects al l of the objects that belong
to the currently highlighted XRef record.
Select by Name—Opens the Select Objects
dialog, which lists all objects and highlights those
belonging to the currently highlig hted XRef
Record. Use this dialog to select specific XRef
objects.
Highlight selected object(s) XRef
Records—
Based on the current object selection,
the corresponding records are highlighted in the
XRef Objects dialog.
XRef Record list
Displaysthenamesofthesourcefilesthatcontain
the source objects used as XRef objects in the
current scene. These files are added using the
Create XRef Record button and removed using the
Remove XRef Record button.
To see the full path of the source fi le, move the
cursoroverthenameofanXRefrecord.Thefull
path is displayed in a tool tip.
IfasourcefileitselfcontainsXRefs,aplus/minus
icon appears to the left of its name. Click the icon
to expand or collapse the display of nested XRef
entries. Nested XRef records that are missing and
unresolved are displayed in g r ay.
Right-clicking the XRef Record list displays a
pop-up menu (page 3–413) that has f urther
options for managing the list and its records.
Enabled—TurnofftodisableallXRefobjects
referenced from the .
max files currently
highlighted in the XRef Record list. Disabled XRef
files and objects are listed in gray in the lists and
are not loaded into memory. Default=on.
Include All—If you turn this on before you add a
new XRef record, all the objects in the source file
are included as XRefs. This option bypasses the
XRef Merge dialog. Default=off.