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File > Send-To Function Fails in Custom Install of Entertainment Creation Suite 2014

The Entertainment Creation Suite 2014 (ECS 2014) Send - To function fails when it is installed in any drive other than C:\.

Example:

Sending a file from Maya to Softimage 2014 when ESC 2014 is installed on D:\ drive will open Softimage and Maya will state that it is connected. However, nothing is brought into Softimage from Maya.

We currently have a defect open for this issue and it is being worked on by our development team. A workaround is to export the scene file as FBX and then import the FBX. Unfortunately, this will not activate a "live" connection between the programs but it will still allow you to get files from one program to another.

mental ray Contour Shader problem in Maya 2014

The new Unified Sampling mode in Maya 2014 is set by default and doesn't work with mental ray Contour rendering. In order to get the mental ray Contour rendering to work, set the Sampling Mode in the Quality tab of the Render Settings to "Legacy Sampling Mode".