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File Cache increment on each save (no overwrite) ?

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olivierth
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Hi!

Can Houdini automatically save a different name each time I click on "Save to Disk"?
geo_01.bgeo
geo_02.bgeo
geo_03.bgeo
geo_04.bgeo
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-Olivier
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Put a script in the pre-render script to change the version number.
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jsmack
Put a script in the pre-render script to change the version number.

I'd add a “ver” slider to the interface, and then change the file naming to (for example): 

/path/to/geo/`opname(".")`/v`padzero(4,ch(ver))`/`opname(".")`.$F4.bgeo.sc

… then in the pre-render script have something like:

opparm . ver ("eval(`ch(ver)` + 1)")

Now “save as permanent defaults,” (or make a shelf tool).

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olivierth
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Ah!

I ended up making a Detail Wrangle that makes the full file path (with version, name, extention). And its outputing 2 paths since I need to save 2 files (.obj and .ass (arnold proxy)). The paths are perfect but I'm having trouble using those strings. What am I doing wrong?

-Olivier

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AHH!!

I was using ' instead of `
So this is what I needed to use:

`details("../File_naming", "lowObjfile")`

The devil is in the detail wrangles.

-Olivier
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