workflow for using octane standalone with rhino?

[enthewhite]

Hello,

tried searching the forum, but "standalone" and "export" and "scene" apparently are too common of words...

Is there an easy way to switch back-and-forth between working on a scene in octane standalone, and using the plugin inside rhino? I find it much easier to find and tweak parameters in the octane interface.

[deeKay]

I think you are looking for the rhino command:

"OctaneExportSceneToORBX"

you have to define a complete filepath to write the scene file. like C:\scene.orbx

[enthewhite]

Ok, but say I then add and edit some materials and settings in octane standalone, and I add and edit some geometry in rhino. How do I then re-sync the new stuff from rhino to octane standalone?

[face_off]

You can also open the viewport then rightclick the settings tree to export to OCS or ORBX.

How do I then re-sync the new stuff from rhino to octane standalone?

You can't. You need to re-export from the Rhino plugin and reload the scene into Octane Standalone. You really need to edit materials in Rhino, not Octane Standalone. You can use a NodeGraph material type in the Rhino plugin which gives you the Octane Standalone nodegraph edit facility.

Paul

[enthewhite]

Ah, perfect, didn't know about the nodegraph material. Thanks!