Changes to Xref - Scene control

Scene Manager Wishlist & Feature Requests
#1

I’d love to see the following added in.

  1. The ability to load in the complete list of xrefs already added in via the 3dsmax XRef Scene Dialog box, rather than adding them in one by one.

  2. The ability to add in multiples of the same xref to the Xref - Scene control. They do appear in the list, but can’t be added in. For example when doing a housing estate that has multiples of the same house types that aren’t visible in all views, I’d like to be able to turn off a specific version of that xref to save loading them in, therefore reducing the load on render nodes and speeding up the rendering. Currently the duplicate xrefs show up in the list, but can’t be added. Only the first version of that xref that was loaded in can be added and even picking others loads in the same first one. This is a huge limitation.

#2

Number 2 has been asked by a few already, unfortunately no light at the end of the tunnel: Multiple Xref-copies - Scene Manager / Issues - Pulze | Forum

#3

I just saw the original request for this was back in 2022. Shame it’s not been addressed by now. Not being able to add in all the duplicate xrefs is quite frustrating for big scenes.