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Houdini addon for AYON
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AYON Save option under vanilla Save in File Menu #44

Open MustafaJafar opened 4 months ago

MustafaJafar commented 4 months ago

Is there an existing issue for this?

Please describe the feature you have in mind and explain what the current shortcomings are?

Add "AYON Save" option under native/vanilla save options in File menu to create shortcut for saving workfile in AYON specific way.

How would you imagine the implementation of the feature?

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MustafaJafar commented 4 months ago

For information, This issue is easy to implement (about 2 lines of code that add a button called AYON Save As... that opens workfile tool). But, there were many internal discussions that discouraged doing so. Mentioning @BigRoy @antirotor @dee-ynput @m-u-r-p-h-y they can provide further insights.

For reference here's how the button would look like: Animation_87

krishnaavril commented 4 months ago

Why do we need it? We are using the Workfiles feature in the AYON tab which is working flawlessly!

MustafaJafar commented 4 months ago

Why do we need it? We are using the Workfiles feature in the AYON tab which is working flawlessly!

I only ported it to GH issues, but I don't know about the motivation/need behind the request.

m-u-r-p-h-y commented 2 months ago

It was requested to save a lot of unnecessary clicks to create a new workfile version

  1. click AYON Menu
  2. click Work Files
  3. click Save as
  4. click Ok
  5. click close to get rid off the WorkFile window so you can continue working

to save your work as new workfile. Artists are not very comfortable with it and I have to agree . . . (not related to Houdini only of course)

BigRoy commented 2 months ago

Honestly - we should tackle this in a uniform way - if this is important for houdini, I suppose it'd be for all host integrations? Which backs the question - should we just have a

"Save file" menu entry aside of the "Workfiles" menu entry?

Which then raises the question - will anyone (new users) ever still press "Workfiles" and understand what it means?