Transferring Material Between Projects

Elements you can transfer when browsing for Projects:

To transfer material between your project and one located on another workstation:

  1. Select MediaHub > Browse for Projects.
  2. In the Autodesk Network list, double-click the workstation where the project is located.

    This displays the list of projects hosted by that workstation.

  3. Double-click the project to open it.

    This opens the project and displays its Workspaces and shared libraries.

  4. Navigate the project to find what you want to transfer.
  5. Drag-and-drop from the Projects browser to the Media panel. Or from the Media panel to the Projects browser: you can import or export between projects.

To transfer material between local projects:

  1. Select MediaHub > Browse for Projects.
  2. In the Local Projects list, double-click the project to open it.

    This opens the project and displays its Workspaces.

  3. Navigate the project to find what you want to transfer.
  4. Drag-and-drop from the Projects browser to the Media panel. Or from the Media panel to the Projects browser: you can import or export between projects.
Note: Proxies are only transferred when both projects have identical proxy settings, as defined in the Projects settings window.

Important Compatibility Information

The Flame 2017 family of products (Flame Premium, Flare, Flame Assist) can now read contents created in Smoke Desktop Subscription (DTS), with the following limitations:
Will import in...
Flame 2017 Flare 2017 Flame Assist 2017 Smoke DTS 2017 Training Edition 2017
Projects Created In... Flame 2017 Yes Yes Yes No No
Flare 2017 Yes Yes Yes No No
Flame Assist 2017 Yes Yes Yes No No
Smoke DTS 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Training 2017 No No No No Yes
Flame 2016 Yes Yes Yes No No
Smoke DTS 2016 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Training 2016 No No No No Yes
Smoke DTS 2015 Yes Yes Yes No No

Troubleshooting

Read Only (In use by...)

Appears in one of two cases:

  • When the workspace of the project you are browsing is opened and used by the user listed in the Read Only message.
  • When someone else is browsing that workspace with the button Exclusive Write Access enabled.

You can still copy items from a Read Only workspace. If you absolutely need to write to the workspace, you will need to locate the user and ask him to switch to another project.

Owned by...

The workspace you are trying to write to is owned by another Flame, Smoke, or Flare. Enable Administrator mode to write to the workspace.

Unmanaged media contained in selection. Cache media on Wire?

When transferring media from a remote project, you can get the following message: "Unmanaged media contained in selection. Cache media on Wire?"

This means that the clip you are importing from the remote project has no media cached. Answer Yes to cache the media during the transfer of the clip. Answer No to only keep a reference to the media.

In fact, answering Yes is identical to importing media with the Cache Source Media enabled, and answering No is identical to importing media without Cache Source Media.

No route to host

The workstation you are trying to connect to is not available because it is shutdown, or no longer connected to the network.