Alembic Import Not Working

[Julie Hsieh]

Hi All,

Does anyone have experience bringing in Alembic files? I am testing fluid simulation in Blender and exporting as Alembic file after baking: so far I cannot get it to work inside Vantage:

1. The scale is extremely small and I cannot make sense of the conversion required?

2. I see the geometry but It seems to flicker only when the video editor plays. Is there something I should be paying attention when importing?

3. I am not sure how to bring it into the animation editor, is there a specific need to add this to the editor UI under imported scene animation, or is it showing that there is nothing and that my Alembic is faulty?

[Alexander.Atanasov]

Hi Julie Hsieh,

Importing of animation from files other than vrscenes(which are exported from V-Ray) are not currently supported in Vantage. There is already an idea in the Chaos Vantage portal for adding support for it https://chaosvantage.ideas.aha.io/ideas/VANTAGE-I-45. You can vote for it and when it gets enough votes we will plan it accordingly.

Best regards,
Alexander

[Julie Hsieh]

Thank you Alex, I have Vray for Blender installed. I want to confirm that there is no support then for .vrscene export yet for animation from Blender? Would you say then, that the only way to add fluid simulation is via the 3DsMax > Chaos Phonenix > Alembic or .Vrscenes.

I have put in my vote under my company's account.