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Hi, wondering if there is a better way to flip a node between hda versions than going through that massive dropdown on the Change Node Type Dialog (from a node's Actions > Change Type ... context menu). With the wonderful new Labs Digital Asset context menu that allows for major/minor versions to be created and managed so much more easily... I thought there might also be an easy way (perhaps from that menu even) to flip the node to a particular version.

Seems like the right place for a nice qt dialog akin to preferences that lets you easily browse and select the versions it manages for the selected node type in major/minor version streams.
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btw, what does the Force Change on Asset Match option do on the Change Node Type Dialog?
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What about the dropdown right on the node's parameter dialog? That's what I use the change versions of a node type. It's hidden by default, but can be enabled from the asset manager.
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ha. perfect. thanks. didn't occur to me until I enabled it.
was about to mention it here but you beat me to it.


Assets > Asset Manager | Configuration | Asset Definition Toolbar = Show Always.
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Is there a way to access that "Asset Name and Path" drop down menu and change it with Python?
My goal is to analyze a scene a switch all "outdated" hdas to the latest definition available.

Note that my hdas are saved as separated files on disk:
HDA Name
mypipe::myhda::1.0
mypipe::myhda::1.5
mypipe::myhda::2.0
...

On Disk:
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.1.0
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.1.5
pathtofolder/sop_mypipe.myhda.2.0
...

Thanks in advance
Davide
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