SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® is dead! Long live Autodesk® Softimage®!
As part of the name change, several features have been renamed in the user interface:
• Some feature names that included “XSI” or “SOFTIMAGE|XSI” have been changed to refer to “Softimage” instead. For example, the SOFTIMAGE|XSI interaction model is now the Softimage interaction model.
• In other cases, names that included “XSI” were retained to avoid confusion with SOFTIMAGE|3D, for example, XSI skeletons versus SI|3D skeletons.
• Feature names that included “SOFTIMAGE|3D” were changed to “SI|3D” across the board to avoid confusion with the new Softimage name.
• We now refer to certain other software directly. For example, the QWERTY interaction model is now the Maya interaction model.
Occurences of “XSI” outside of the interface, such as in file names, the SDK, and environment variables, have not been changed.
The shortcuts for starting Softimage on Windows can now be found in the Start > Programs > Autodesk > Softimage 7.5 menu.
There’s a new option in the General preferences: Launch Netview on Startup automatically opens a Netview window every time Softimage starts. This preference does not affect the Mod Tool, which always opens a Netview at startup.
Renaming Elements in the Explorer
You can no longer click twice to rename elements in the explorer — you must either press F2 or right-click and choose Rename. This avoids accidental renaming of elements and other issues.
Actually, this change happened in version 7.0 but we thought it’s better to let you know later than never.
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5