The Flow Production Tracking engine for VRED contains a standard platform for integrating Flow Production Tracking Apps into VRED. It is lightweight and straight forward and adds a Flow Production Tracking menu to the VRED menu.

Contents

• Supported Application Versions
• Information for App Developers
  • PySide
  • VRED Project Management
• Working with tk-vred
  • Jump to Flow Production Tracking
  • Open Log Folder
  • Work Area Info (technical tool)
  • File Open and Save
  • Loader
  • Publish
  • Flow Production Tracking Panel
  • Scene Breakdown

Supported Application Versions

Flow Production Tracking has been tested and is known to be working on VRED versions 2020.3 - 2023.

Please note that it is perfectly possible, even likely, to work with more recent releases; however, it has just not yet been formally tested with these versions.

Information for App Developers

PySide

The Flow Production Tracking engine for VRED contains a PySide installation, and will activate this whenever this is necessary.

VRED Project Management

Whenever the Flow Production Tracking engine for VRED starts, it will set the VRED Project to point at a location defined in the settings for this engine. This means that the Project may also change when a new file is opened. The details relating to how the VRED project is set based on a file can be configured in the configuration file, using the template system.

Working with tk-vred

This Flow Production Tracking integration supports the VRED product family (Pro & Design). When VRED opens, a Flow Production Tracking menu (the VRED engine) is added to the menu bar with all the tools and options needed for working on your project.

The first entry in the Flow Production Tracking menu will be your current project. Select it to access these default apps:

Jump to Flow Production Tracking

Flow Production Tracking > [Project Name] > Jump to Flow Production Tracking opens the project's Overview page in the Flow Production Tracking Web App.

Open Log Folder

Flow Production Tracking > [Project Name] > Open Log Folder opens the Flow Production Tracking Logs folder, containing log files for the software used. For example, if you used VRED, there will be a tk-vred text file.

Work Area Info (technical tool)

Flow Production Tracking > [Project Name] > Work Area Info shows the current work context, a breakdown of all currently running apps, plus all settings and configurations for the currently running Flow Production Tracking Apps.

• Click the tabs at the bottom to switch from one to the next.
• Click the arrow at the top to expose more information on the Flow Production Tracking Pipeline Toolkit and your current work area. Use the buttons along the side to jump to the file system, reload the engine and apps, or access documentation and support.

File Open and Save

Use the My Tasks and Assets tabs to see all your assigned tasks and browse for assets. To the right, use these tabs to view all files, working or published files associated with what is selected to the left.

Loader

Flow Production Tracking > Load opens the Content Loader app, along with instructional slides explaining how it works. To see more info about VRED loading, see Loading.

Publish

Flow Production Tracking > Publish opens the Publish dialog for publishing the file to Flow Production Tracking, which can then be used by artists downstream. For more information on VRED Publishing, see Publishing.

Flow Production Tracking Panel

Flow Production Tracking > Flow Production Tracking Panel toggles the display of the panel in VRED, which is a small and lightweight window for accessing all information stored in Flow Production Tracking related to your current project, without ever leaving the application you’re working in. Easily access task information, the activity stream, notes, tasks, versions, and published files from Flow Production Tracking. Review versions sent by teammates, reply to notes, create new tasks, and search the Flow Production Tracking site.

The panel appears next to the viewport, but can also be undocked.

Scene Breakdown

Scene Breakdown: Opens the Breakdown dialog, which displays a list of “referenced” files (and their links), along with what in the scene is out-of-date. Select one or more items and click Update Selected to switch and use the latest version of the content.