by archimage » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:51 am
archimage
Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:51 am
Paul,
Thanks for your reply.
Actually in Revit I can select objects from the linked file individually in the Revit viewport by pressing the TAB key, they seem to be identified as separate objects. But their properties in Octane don't show up when they're highlighted, but I can still select linked file objects and change materials through the Octane viewport with the material picker.
I think there's something strange with this behaviour, Revit identifies subobjects from the linked file, the plugin only with the material picker, but since the proxies don't show up they can't be selected through the Octane viewport.
When we are used to work with complicated projects (big files, project file separated for schedules, team working). Copying objects from the linked to main file is not very comfortable, because the objects appear in the same time in the main and linked file. It almost needs to make one unique file for rendering. So my conlcusion is that the files organisation needs to readapt each time for the rendering needs, it makes the workflow painful. What we like in the plugin version is the opportunity to do fast renderings for each modification of the project quickly and stay focused in the modifications of the project since the scene is set once for all.
Do you think it's possible in the future to solve this linking behaviour ?
Thank you.
Seeker,
The problem is that objects from the linked file with proxies don't show up in the Octane Viewport, so I can't select them to override them.