Open/New File VERY slow while batching

[Alec Fredericks]

Hey there,

I have a batch script that's running through some raw mocap data and converting it down to different rigs.

When I modify the file in Maya -- bake things down, delete bits of rig, etc -- opening up another file or creating a new file takes an inordinate amount of time.

I'm wondering if it's because Maya hasn't resolved all of the reference edits and I haven't saved the file before moving on to the new file.

I'm going to test that theory, but I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this funkiness before and, if so, if you found a remedy.

Thanks,

Alec

[Alec Fredericks]

So it turns out that the problem is making a bunch of changes in Maya that aren't saved. That must put Maya into a weird state that makes opening up a file or creating a new file take a very long time.

My solution was to just save a temp file, which takes just a couple of seconds, and then create a new file, which then happens almost instantaneously.

[Roy Nieterau]

What kind of changes were you making? Do you have a reproducible example to run? What Maya version did you test?

[Alec Fredericks]

I had a couple of referenced objects and, on one, I deleted a bunch of constraints after baking keys for joints & controls in both referenced objects.

I'm thinking that the reference edits just piled up and Maya needed to do something with them before moving on when trying to create a new file or load another. In this case, saving the file was enough and, by far, the fastest way to deal with the problem.

Everything was performed in Maya 2017r5. Since everything I'm working on is proprietary, I don't have anything to share, unfortunately.

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