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Externalizing Containers

Posted: 26 Mar 2014, 10:04
by Joe Styles
Has the ability to externalize containers gone in Ventuz4!? We use these in remoting to control multiple instances of items.

When I need to make a change to one of the instances I work on one container and then copy it and paste container contents on the other instances. The externals being internal to the container and the container being externalized.
Hopefully I am missing something Can someone tell me how this can now be done?

Attached is a simple Ventuz3 scene with externalised containers to show what I mean.

This is quite fundamental if I can't do it in Ventuz4 :shock:
Any help would be great, thanks!

Re: Externalizing Containers

Posted: 01 Apr 2014, 12:43
by Götz_B
The Externalizing Mechanism has been replaced by the Scene Data.

http://www.ventuz.com/support/help/late ... eData.html

Regarding your example... If you bind the Nudge from inside the container to the scene data and then 'copy paste container contents', all are bound to the same Scene Data Channel.
So if you want the three items to be bound to separate Scene Data Channels as in your scene, you have to expose the Nudge method and bind it from there.

Re: Externalizing Containers

Posted: 03 Apr 2014, 11:37
by kris rok
i'm no fan of this change either.

please consider giving the user an option to bind to the existing channels or creating clones. at least for containers this would be great.

Re: Externalizing Containers

Posted: 22 Apr 2014, 09:03
by Daniel Willer
The clone function is already done and will be relweased within the next version Ventuz 4.04.00.

Cheers!