[Bf-committers] Alembic support in Blender

Boris Cohen Tanugi b.cohen.tanugi at gmail.com
Tue Mar 24 19:43:31 CET 2015


Reading external abc file seems impossible after some testing (sounds
logicial) but export should work with some hack.

Here reading a blender .abc file in houdini seems to work correctly (have
to delete some strange duplicated packed alembic prim before).

Waiting for updates, good job Lukas!


2015-03-24 15:04 GMT+01:00 Thomas Volkmann <lists at thomasvolkmann.com>:

> 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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