abc to vrmesh problems...

[Mdelosrios]

So, I am trying to cache a 1400 frame animation as a vrmesh so then it can be instanced a couple hundred times without killing our machines...

So, when I try to locally convert the .ma file into a vrmesh using the provided tool, it lingers for a couple days, and never finishes... so then I decided to first cache it as an ABC, and the use the ply2vrmesh.exe tool, but this one caches instantly when I hit enter in the cmd window...

are there any limitations in size or animation duration?

edit: just running the ply2vrmesh.exe file.abc -info command crashes the application... are there any preferred alembic settings for this case?

[Morbid Angel]

Did you try exporting directly to alembic from maya? vrmesh can read alembic directly so you don't need to convert it to vrmesh.

[Mdelosrios]

My experience is that when I duplicate a couple hundred times the ABC it gets a lot slower than if I am reading a vrmesh

[vlado]

If you can get us an example of the crashing .abc file to support@chaosgroup.com it would be very helpful to track down the issue.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Mdelosrios]

Great, can you guys provide an FTP access? it is a 13gb abc file?
I will prepare the NDA and send it to you

[tashko.zashev]

Great, can you guys provide an FTP access? it is a 13gb abc file?
I will prepare the NDA and send it to you

Yes, please drop us an email to support@chaosgroup.com and we will reply with everything you need to access our FTP server.
Thank you.