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underthesamerecord. Thisoptionisavailable
only when you highlight two records that refer to
thesamefilenameandpath;bothrecordsmust
have identical settings. XRef records must refer to
thesamefilewiththesameXRefentities.Combine
XRefRecordsonlyallowsyoutoconsolidateallof
theentitiesofonefileintooneXRefrecordentry.
It does not allow you to combine the contents of
different files, even if the files have the same name.
Note: Nested externally referenced records cannot
be combined.
Update—Refreshes the contents of the selected
XRef record. If the objects, controllers, materials,
or manipulators referenced have changed in the
source scene, you will see these changes i n your
master scene.
Note: The changes must be saved in the source
file before you see them in the master file. If you
remove externally referenced entities from the
master file using the Delete XRef En tity button,
these entities will not be externally referenced
when you update the XRef record, even though
they continue to exist in the source scene.
Wa rning: IfyouupdateanXRefinascenewithradiosity
(page 3–51), probably this will invalidate the radiosity
solution. After you update the XRef, reset the radiosity
solution and then recalculate it.
Select—
Selects the entities that belong to the
currently hig hlighted XRef record.
Select by Name—Opens the Select Ob jects dialog
(page 1–78), which lists all objects a nd high lights
those belonging to the currently highlighted XRef
record. Use this dialog to select XRef objects.
Highli ght Selected Objects’ X R efs R ecords—Based
on t he object(s) selected in the scene, the
corresponding record(s) that contain these objects
are highlighted in the XRef Objects dialog (page
3–397).
Highlight All—Highlights all XRef records in the
XRef Record list.
Highlight I nverse—Highlights all XRef records
in the XRef Record list except the currently
highlighted record(s).
Highlight None—Tu r ns off h ighlighting for a ny
XRef records currently highlighted in the XRef
Records list.
Hide All Unresolved—Hides all unresolved
XRef records in the XRef Record list.
Select All Unresolved—Highlights all
unresolved XRef records in the XRef Record list.
Merge In S cene—Converts all XRef entities of the
highlighted record into native (local) entities
in your master scene. The objects, controllers,
materials, and manipulators are no longer
referenced from the source file but become part of
your master scene. A prompt appears so you can
confirm the action. Since a merged XRef entity
becomes part of the scene and is no longer an
XRef entity, its name is removed from the XRef
Entities list. This works on a XRef record basis,
so all entities belonging to the highlighted XRef
record are converted. The conten ts of the source
file are not affected by this option.
Merging an XRef object load s the full modifier
stack of the original object into the master scene
(your current scene), while maintaining any
additional stack items that were added while the
object was an external reference. Thus, you can
useMergeInScenetoupdateanobjectthathas
been modified as an external reference. Similarly,
merging an XRef controller into the master scene