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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Sybren,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the very helpful information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regarding "Milestone 6 - USD exporter feature extension" on https://developer.blender.org/T73363 :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is the plan to continue working on incrementally adding new features to the current USD exporter, in parallel with finalizing the collections-based design (with the goal that the low-level implementation of these features could be ported
to the new design when it's ready)? Or do you prefer that work on the importer/exporter be paused until the new design has been worked out and the software framework for it is in place?
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<p class="MsoNormal">From the description of the task, it sounds like it’s the former (work in parallel), but I just wanted to confirm.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Bf-usd <bf-usd-bounces@blender.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Sybren A. Stüvel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 31, 2020 5:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bf-usd@blender.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bf-usd] state of development<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans",serif">Hi Michael & everyone else,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 25-08-2020 17:49, Michael A Kowalski wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to Sybren, Brian Savery and Blazey Floch, who are the developers working on USD support in Blender?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>At Blender, I'm the only one actively working on the implementation. Brecht and Bastién Montagne are involved in design discussions on the topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Which features of the USD exporter / importer are currently under development?
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Blender 2.91 I added the possibility to export invisible objects. This makes it possible to, for example, export both a visible character mesh and its invisible physics simulation mesh.
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<p>Currently I'm working on exporting custom properties to Alembic, which will likely be ported to the USD exporter as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As earlier mailed to this list, Brecht, Bastién, and I have been discussing how the concept of import and export can be modernised and linked to the use of collections in Blender (<a href="https://developer.blender.org/T68933" target="_blank">https://developer.blender.org/T68933</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to the work on collections, have the goals or timeline for the remaining exporter / importer feature extensions been defined yet?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>There is <a href="https://developer.blender.org/T73363">https://developer.blender.org/T73363</a>, which describes the planned milestones. There is no concrete timeline at this moment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sybren<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>dr. Sybren A. Stüvel<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Blender Software Developer<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><a href="https://blender.org/">https://blender.org/</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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