HOW TO COPY A SCENE WITH XGEN

[Anonymous]

hello, i need some help, i couldnt figure out how to copy and load my scene file with xgen on it in another computer, when i try to copy the whole folder, and load the scene file in another computer, it doesnt load the xgen that i created previously. how can i be able to load it in another computer?

thanks in advance 🙂 

[Anifex09]

Goto File Pulldown menu and select "Archive Scene" - This will gather all the files related to the scene into one zip file - you can then unzip into other computers project folder

[Anonymous]

Thanks! i'll try that as soon as i got home 🙂 

[Anonymous]

hi again, i tried to archive the scene, and i have problems reloading the xgen on other computer, any tips or advices how to load them on another computer?

[Michael_Todd · Accepted solution]

what version of Maya are you using? The Archive scene tool will gather all the relevant files into a zip file in 2016, but not 2015.

If you are using 2015, you need to add the collection folder for that scene to the zip manually. By default the collections folders are saved to

/maya/projects/default/xgen/collections

Then you need to unzip the folders to the equivalent places on the new computer to maintain the paths to the files.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

oh, alright ill try that, thanks!

[Anonymous]

I have tried this in 2017 and I have found that both the collections and xgen "export patchs for batch render" files are missing during inside the Zip. What would cause a collection from not being added? All paths are correct via the Path Editor. Can the Edit File Path list be the culprit?

Even after the transfer, I have found that the Xgen would not render (yes, set new project location) despite maya seeing it within the preview. In the end, I had to remove and re add the xgen archives to make it renderable. A bit of a pain but now works. Why would there be a disconnect between the render and preview?