It is possible to reference external scenes in MXS or Alembic (ABC) format and have Maxwell load them at render time. This is useful in many scenarios, such as:
- creating a library of ready-to-render props complete with materials which you just reference into new scenes
- shortening export times in an animation by referencing the static objects and only exporting the animated parts at each frame
- reducing scene complexity and improving viewport performance by referencing heavy objects
To reference an external MXS file, click the button in the Maxwell shelf. You will be prompted to select a MXS or ABC file and the plug-in will create a maxwellReferencedMXS
node which points to it. The node has only a few parameters:
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