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Alembic?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:15 pm
by sekow
Hey,
just for confirmation. I need to unpack and convert Alembic files to polygon meshes right?
Straight abc rendering is not possible (yet)?
Thanks

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:25 pm
by r-username
What program generated the alembic file?
I import .abc files generated from blender in standalone.

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:41 pm
by kavorka
you should be able to just drag and drop the .abc file into your node inspector or go to geometry>import scene to bring it in.

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:30 pm
by juanjgon
Yes, currently you need to convert the alembic file to polygons to render it in the Octane plugin. Let me think if it is possible render the alembic objects from the files without convert them.

-Juanjo

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:08 am
by sekow
as this is the houdini sub forum, I thought it was clear that I meant the hou plug-in :)

thanks for confirming that, as you never know with those abc's.
.s

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:21 pm
by efxlab
hmm its old topic, Octane support alembic file with attributes without convert it with new octane 2019-2020 I think ?

Re: Alembic?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:44 pm
by juanjgon
Yes, you can render alembic objects or any other kind of packed objects without unpacking them.

Thanks,
-Juanjo