Hi everyone,
I'm trying to import a collection into my scene. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid but don't know what.
I have my geometry with a collection in SceneA, on my mesh. I click "export collection/description". It prompts me to choose a location. Maya saves a .xgen file.
I create a new scene, I import the same mesh as an alembic cache. It has animation. Frame 01 is neutral and has the exact same name and topology as the the mesh in SceneA, where I made the collection.
I select my new mesh.
I click Import Collection/Description in the xgen tab.
It asks me to choose which file it is. I search for the location where I exported my collection from sceneA. I select the .xgen file and click open.
I get a confirmation window saying something like " the file 'collection_test' already exists on the disk. Would you like to rename to 'collection_test1' or replace the original?".
???????
I cancel. Of course the file already exists on the disk, that's because I saved it, because I can't import something that doesn't exist. Why is it asking to replace the original or rename? I read Autodesk's documentation on exporting/importing xgen and I can't find answers https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/fil...
It clearly says though, that if I rename or overwrite on import, I will lose all ptex links. That sounds disastrous.
Can anyone help?
Thanks.
