[Bf-committers] Alembic support in Blender

[Thomas Volkmann]

Alright, good to know. No further questions then so far, as I can't use it in
it's current state. Maybe just one thing: why not write/read abc files in a more
compatible way right from the start? I thought that is the point about alembic,
that it is pretty much streamlined out of the box...
 

> Lukas Tönne <lukas.toenne at gmail.com> hat am 24. März 2015 um 14:39
> geschrieben:
> 
>  No, it's just an internal caching feature atm. We are aiming to have some
> basic import/export from other software eventually and make the format more
> compatible. You can come to the #blendercoders irc channel if you have
> questions, my nick is lukas_t.
> 
>  On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Thomas Volkmann <lists at thomasvolkmann.com
> <mailto:lists at thomasvolkmann.com> > wrote:
>    > > So I have the latest Gooseberry build up and running. It seems it is
>    > > not
> >    designed to load 3dParty Alembic files atm, or am I mistaken?
> >    Is there a official place for information/questions/feedback?
> > 
> >    thx,
> >    Thomas
> > 
> > 
> >    > Thomas Volkmann < lists at thomasvolkmann.com
> >    > <mailto:lists at thomasvolkmann.com> > hat am 9. März 2015 um 14:14
> >    > geschrieben:
> >    >
> >    >
> >    > Thanks Jeffrey, I was now able to build alembic... now to the Blender
> >    > part....
> >    >
> >    > > Jeffrey < italic.rendezvous at gmail.com
> >    > > <mailto:italic.rendezvous at gmail.com> > hat am 8. März 2015 um 21:48
> >    > > geschrieben:
> >    > >
> >    > >
> >    > > Sure thing. The packages I had to install I found through failed
> >    > > compiling attempts, so your required packages might vary.
> >    > >
> >    > >
> >    > > Install glew-devel, libXmu-devel
> >    > >
> >    > > Skip bootstrap.py and go straight into cmake-gui
> >    > >
> >    > > Point ILM libs to /opt/lib/openexr/lib/...
> >    > >
> >    > > Enable HDF5 and point HDF5_DIR to /usr/bin
> >    > >
> >    > > Disable USE_PYALEMBIC or it will give you errors about missing pyilm
> >    > > (which I cannot build). If disabled, you do not need to specify the
> >    > > pyilm libs to build.
> >    > >
> >    > > In the options, the only options I have selected are USE_HDF5,
> >    > > USE_LIB64, USE_STATIC_BOOST, USE_STATIC_HDF5 (a total of 4 options).
> >    > > You
> >    > > must use HDF5 or Blender's cmake configure will throw an error.
> >    > >
> >    > > make
> >    > >
> >    > > make install
> >    > >
> >    > >
> >    > >
> >    > >
> >    > > On 03/08/2015 04:21 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> >    > > > Hey Jeffrey,
> >    > > >
> >    > > > can you give a short overview how you managed to build Alembic on
> >    > > > Fedora?
> >    > > > That would be awesome!
> >    > > >
> >    > > > Thx,
> >    > > > Thomas
> >    > > >
> >    > > > On 03/08/2015 07:06 AM, Jeffrey wrote:
> >    > > >> I got Alembic building thanks to Martijn's fork on github and got
> >    > > >> blender building with support. I've tested that it works within
> >    > > >> blender
> >    > > >> and reads from stored caches. Where is the best place we can ask
> >    > > >> questions or give feedback? Here or on the patch tracker?
> >    > > >>
> >    > > >> On 03/05/2015 04:15 AM, Sergey Sharybin wrote:
> >    > > >>> Just quick update,
> >    > > >>>
> >    > > >>> Linux build environment should be now ready for alembic.
> >    > > >>>
> >    > > >>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Jeffrey<
> >    > > >>> italic.rendezvous at gmail.com <mailto:italic.rendezvous at gmail.com>
> >    > > >>> >
> >    > > >>> wrote:
> >    > > >>>
> >    > > >>>> Neither can I. For what it's worth, I have tried building from
> >    > > >>>> their
> >    > > >>>> sources, which gives me a linking error, as well as with
> >    > > >>>> install_deps.sh, which tells me "getopt: unrecognized option
> >    > > >>>> --with-alembic" and --with-all does not download or build it.
> >    > > >>>>
> >    > > >>>> Also Fedora 20 x64
> >    > > >>>>
> >    > > >>>> On 03/03/2015 05:34 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> >    > > >>>>> I guess I have to wait for the buildbot. I didn't manage to
> >    > > >>>>> compile
> >    > > >>>> Alembic on
> >    > > >>>>> my system (Fedora20).
> >    > > >>>>> Is there an estimated time when you want to set it up?
> >    > > >>>>>
> >    > > >>>>> thx,
> >    > > >>>>> Thomas
> >    > > >>>>>
> >    > > >>>>>
> >    > > >>>>>
> >    > >
> >    > > --
> >    > > Jeffrey "Italic_" Hoover
> >    > >
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