hatrick Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 hi, Could anyone please tell me how i can save presents into a digital asset so that they become available on another machine. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 If you use $HSITE or $JOB then you can store your presets there and they will be available for other artists on your network. Otherwise it's a manner of copying over .pref I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopbin9 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 You can store presets in an asset. I forget how to do it, but I think you just add the preset files to the extra files part of the asset and they should show up in the gear menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Unfortunately saving the preset file to the 'extra files' of the digital asset doesn't work on its own. If i then pass the digital asset to someone else, the presets don't show up in the digital asset. The presets file, however, is still stored in the extra files. Does anyone know if there's something I have to do to get the digital asset to reference that stored extra file as its own preset file? Edited February 7, 2014 by kgmcnamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Did you name the file as "presets"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) I tried with the file named with the asset's name and just tried with the file named presets but no luck. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help Edited February 7, 2014 by kgmcnamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I haven't done it in a long time but I think it was case sensitive? So it might be "Presets" and with the extension if I remember correctly. There was also a bug wrt namespaces I think, which was fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Hm, so far I've tried: "Presets.idx" "presets.idx" "Preset.idx" "preset.idx" As soon as I delete the original myDigitalAsset.idx file from the Houdini12/presets/Sop folder, the digital assets loses its presets despite the file being stored in the extra files. Edited February 7, 2014 by kgmcnamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mantragora Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Create section called "Presets" in "Extra Files" and then add to it your preset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Excellent, that worked. Thanks! For anyone interested: Go to the extra files pane in the type properties of your digital asset. On the bottom, type 'Presets' into the 'Section Name' field without selecting a file. Click 'Add Empty Selection'. That will create a Presets section. Then in the 'Filename' field, select your presets file. This will autopopulate the 'Section Name' field with the name of the presets file. Change this to 'Presets'. Click 'Add File' Your presets should now be added to (and stored in) the digital asset! Edited February 7, 2014 by kgmcnamara 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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