Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 220

12 | Basics Menus Reference > File > Create Reference Basics 220 Name Clash options Use Namespaces When you reference a scene with the Use Namespaces option turned on, Maya creates a new namespace that contains the imported or referenced data. Turning on the Use Namespaces option ensures that all nodes are uniquely named. A namespace is a grouping of objects under a given name. Each item in a namespace is identified by its own name along with the namespace it belongs to. By default, the basename of the imported or referenced file is added to the beginning of the imported or referenced object names, separated by colons. For example, if you are importing a scene named foo.ma that contains an object named ball, after it's imported the ball is named foo:ball. You can change the prefix by selecting Resolve all nodes with this string and entering a prefix. You can create, name, parent, and remove namespaces using the namespace command. Namespaces do not effect selection, the DAG, the Dependency Graph, or any other aspect of Maya. Resolve options When you reference a scene into another scene, naming conflicts occur if the nodes share the same name and parent nodes. To resolve these naming conflicts, all nodes will be renamed when the reference is loaded. You specify whether to use the filename as the prefix (the default) or to create a prefix string. Name clash options are ignored when referencing files. The Rename All selection is used throughout. For more information on node hierarchy, see MEL and Expressions. Tip We recommend you use namespaces to resolve naming conflicts instead of using the renaming prefix option when importing or referencing files. Proxy Tag Options Type the text string for the proxy tag you want applied to the proxy reference or select an existing tag from the list in the drop-down menu. When a proxy tag appears in gray in this list, it indicates that the tag is already in use for this specific file reference. The proxy tag appears in the Reference Editor. Maya keeps track of, and can distinguish between, the last proxy tag used for a file reference, and the last proxy tag used for a proxy reference. This ability streamlines the tagging process regardless of your preferred workflow.