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  • Nested models? instances pointing to another file?

    Posted by Tom King on September 29, 2014 at 10:54 pm

    I want to place an *instance* of a model into another model. Like this:

    street.c4d
    —–> which contains a pointer to car.c4d

    If I modify car.c4d, I want to be able to open street.c4d and see the change.

    Another way to ask is, can an instance point to a different c4d file? Like a symbolic link?

    Thanks!

    Tom King replied 11 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Emir Bojorquez

    September 30, 2014 at 1:25 am

    You need to use XRef

    Go to Create >> XRef >> Add XRef, and select the scene file

    This will merge a scene on to the scene already open, and everytime you change something to the merge Scene file, you just need to press Reload inside the XRef to see the changes.

    Good Luck

    Imagination is the best tool…

  • Tom King

    September 30, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    [Emir Bojorquez] “Go to Create >> XRef >> Add XRef, and select the scene file”

    Wow. I never knew that was there. THANKS A LOT!

    Tom

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