Maya import model, naming conventions _GRP questions

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Hi,

I am loading a published Alembic in a Maya scene (Load > Right click on product > Reference abc) and this is how it comes inside Maya:

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Questions:

  • Why does the namespace have an underscore at the end? tower_modelMain_01_
  • Why is the group named _GRP, where can I customize that in the Maya addon settings?
  • I understand what is the first _GRP group but what about the _RN group? Seems like it’s linked to the first one. Can someone explain it to me?

Thanks

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Traditionally Maya has had annoying issues with object starting with digits or ending with digits (or was it just the start?). Anyway, I suspect it must have been related to that.

Here: ayon+settings://maya/load/reference_loader

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The you can e.g. also get rid of the trailing slash.
Again, why it’s there? Not entirely sure.

That’s the Reference Node (RN). That’s actually default maya behavior - however, by default reference nodes are hidden in the outliner (Show Reference Nodes) in the outliner menu - it seems you have that enabled.

The name for that reference node I’ve never seen being important for anyone so I don’t think we do much with that ourself. I believe it defaults to the namespace and adds RN by default.

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Thanks @BigRoy for the answer and the setting path!