Can I open Adobe Camera Raw from LR?

I use LR 3.4.1 as my image browser but occasionaly would like to edit images using ACR as well as Photoshop.  At the moment I have to go to "Edit in Photoshop ..." then switch to ACR via Bridge but would like to go straight to ACR without opening PS or bridge first.  Is this possible?  I know if open an image from finder it will automatically open in ACR first then PS, then have to import to LR but wondered if there was a shortcut from Lightroom.

I have been evaluating LR as an adjunct to Photoshop (or maybe the other way around!) and was amazed to see that an .nef opened in LR, developed and saved with, I assume, a sidecar, nevertheless does not allow that same file opened in ACR, to access that xml file as at least a choice. I was going to ask why, or how to do it, when I discovered this thread.
The path to doing so is convoluted but doable. Once you open in ACR from the Smart Object file, one needs to copy the settings save them and then when opening another nef in ACR without going to LR, one then loads those settings.
Makes for a big file of short time sidecars, unfortunately.
I assume the reverse is also true: Opening an nef in LR that has an ACR side car, that sidecar is ignored. Hafta try.
Why do I do this, you ask? The UI is far better in ACR than in LR. That bittsy side panel of tweaks is fussy and is similar to DXO in layout. I don't like theirs either. But lightroom does have it's stregths, and that is the data base.
Ok, I opened an nef already possessing a sidecar from ACR and LR did use it. So why not the other way around, or am I missing something?
Lawrence

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