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Material binding lost when referenced

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug objects loses there material binding when the primitive is referenced

        def Xform "Root"
        {
            def "reference1" (
                prepend references = @../my_beautiful_tree.usda@</g_geometry>
            )
            {
            }
        }

To Reproduce Setup a usd file that points to another usd that has material binding setup and render it Screenshot_2

Used Software Versions

Arnold 6.0.1.0
USD: 0.19.11
Compiler: Visual studio 2017
OS: windows 10

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:9 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

sirpaleecommented, Jan 23, 2020

@kreppene I think I know what’s going wrong with your workflow. Let me do some tests and get back to you with a solution.

0reactions

sirpaleecommented, Apr 8, 2020

This is going to be resolved by using #292 . Closing this ticket down.

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