Switch project within DCC
Ability to open workfiles from another project inside the same DCC instance
Example scenario:
You open up Maya to realise you actually need to open something from another project (or asset library).
Instead of closing Maya and open again it would be nice to just be able to browse to the file you want and open it within the same Maya instance.
It takes a long time to open Maya so would just be nice to not have to open a new instance every time you need something
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Milan Kolar
I have to agree with Roy on this one. There are so many technical limitations that prevent this from being possible, that it would be diminishing returns pretty much right away.
Olle Rydberg
That’s fair! Thanks for all the hard work
Mustafa Zaky Jafar
As far as I know, there are some caveats. For example, environment variables might not initialize properly since they only take effect when launching the app via the launcher.
Honestly, this issue can occur within the same project. When you have tools set per task, switching between tasks in an active DCC session won't initialize the tools properly. Additionally, switching between projects in an active DCC session can worsen this issue.
Roy Nieterau
I’d say that currently this is near impossible to do correctly when switching projects (and hence dependencies, etc.) however it’s even more so after the upcoming Bundles per project feature allowing for even greater customization (and feature locking) between projects. As such, I’m quite sure switching project within the DCC will remain impossible.