topic Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018 in Maya Forum

SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:19:54 GMT

How can i collapse the SHAPES channel in channel box?

I don't use it and it's bothers me - i don't need it. This was not in the previous installation and it;s appears after any updates of MAYA. How to configure this so that when you create any new object it is not shown as it was before?

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Lindsey_Robbins — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:02:13 GMT

Looks like it's something Renderman added. I don't see all of that when I make a shape in 2018.

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:08:38 GMT

it's appears after any MAYA updates istallation and not necessarily these parameters from renderman/ When i copy my MAYA prefs from clear MAYA istallation (without updates) - it's disappear

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Lindsey_Robbins — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:26:25 GMT

So you're saying that when you install 2018 clean, it doesn't appear, but once you run all the updates, you get the extra information you don't want showing up in the Channel box?

Which update causes the issue?

I didn't see anything in the patch notes about that http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-A1A12C0A-4C4C-4BFB-8B59-42992CFB4FF0

Weird that something in your prefs is affecting it. Must be a setting somewhere.

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:31:05 GMT

It's appears after updates 1,2 and this days i have installed 5 and 6 and it's appears too. I've copied my prefs from clean installed MAYA and it's dissapear

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

Lindsey_Robbins — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:50:50 GMT

Ok, so, with the prefs from no updates, it doesn't show. If the prefs come from any updated version of 2018, that information shows.

@sean.heasley is there any information about the shape node display changing in the updates?

Re: SHAPES channel in Channel Box MAYA2018

sean.heasley — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:30:49 GMT

Hi @Lindsey_Robbins

There's nothing in the notes but this does seem to be related to Renderman. If there are steps to reproduce this without having renderman I'd be really curious to see them cause right now on Update 6 I can't get this to happen.