3ds max/ Maya updating assets in multiple scenes
So I work for a company which creates 3D animations and I'm kinda running in to an issue, which i need to figure out. As far as making animations we have scenes which refer to different locations/environments, and shots which are different cameras within the same environment. However the issue that we come across is that Often times the scenes are very high in detail(and need to be), Also they are slowed down when material are updated, and render setting are implemented. So a good solution is to separate the scenes, and create a different file specifically for different shots. Then in those shots deleting all the assets that are outside the view of the camera. However sometime we need to update assets, or change materials, and would like it if those assets and materials changed and updated simultaneously in all shot files at the same time. Also sometimes we do projects in Maya and sometimes in Max. Is updating all at the same time a feature that they have?
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Getting the two programs Maya and Max to dynamically link together is not going to be easy though.
I don't think it's really as bad as you make it sound
You just have to be carefull with certain pitfalls and plain limitations, but then they work. Especially be careful with rigs and hierarchies in general. No problems with scene xrefs at all ...
Real file data corruption is a thing that i never experienced with xrefs, but i guess you count some issues with hierarchies (changing transforms on reload ) to that category ...
Max 2015 got a similar thing called FBX File Linking, but up til now i never used it