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SOP_Alembic doesn't like Maya namespaced names #243

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
foo:bar doesn't appear to be a valid name in Houdini.

Should the : be dropped or changed to something else?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by miller.lucas on 15 Oct 2011 at 12:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by miller.lucas on 7 Nov 2011 at 8:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Just for reference, if you try to type ':' when renaming a Houdini node, it 
automatically converts the ':' to an underscore.  I would suggest using two 
underscores so the name can be parsed and converted back on export.

Original comment by shappysf...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2011 at 7:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
In my opinion Alembic should strip namespaces from objects on export.
They are a Maya-only thing (and also pretty annoying things to deal with at the 
best of times) and therefore not generic, so probably shouldn't be exported 
into a generic file format.

Original comment by evolutio...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2012 at 1:34

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We do strip them, typically, but I personally thing the Alembic Archive in Maya 
should handle the case of illegal characters more gracefully.  Ideally it would 
give the option to replace them with something (or nothing).

Original comment by shappysf...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2012 at 1:40

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by miller.lucas on 3 Aug 2012 at 8:55