Script to load a specific Xref scene on a specific frame

By ericthered9297 · 2016-11-18

Description

Hi all,

I'm looking for a script that will allow me to load a specific Xref scene on a certain frame.

For example:

I have an xref loaded in my scene, called scene_1.max, located at: C:\scenes\scene_1.max
This is fine for frame 1 of my animation.

In the same folder there are 99 other files, named scene_2.max through to scene_100.max.

I need the Xref scene_1.max to be replaced by scene_2.max on frame 2, by scene_3.max on frame 3 and so on.

Is there any way to script this? Does something already exist?

I'm very grateful for any ideas!

Regards

Eric

Comments (1)

cly · 2016-12-14

Well you could add a callback to the slidertime, which will change the xref filename accordingly.
But it will dramatically kill your viewport performance!
If you send your job to a renderfarm, you will need to add the script in a prerender() callback as well.

second possibility is to load all your xrefs, but link them to a dummy which you will animate on 1 frame (For exemple putting it very low on your scene, like -100000 in z)

or if you can give us more details on why you have/need 100 Xrefs, we might come with a third solution