3d object animation

[keftaparty]

Hi,
For what I find, the only way to import animations for 3d objects is .pc2 file.
Am I right ? Is there any other animation format supported ?
Side questions : what do you use to create your .pc2 files ?
Thanks !
Mehdi

[francis]

Hello Mehdi,

Yes PC2 is the only way for the moment. You can use Blender to generate those files. Some entry points can be found here: http://smode.fr/doc/ref/3d/3d-Tools/pc2-cache-file.htm.

We currently are considering the possibility to add support of alembic (.abc) files, would that interest you?

Best regards,

Francis.

[Gio]

Hello francis !
Yes ! vote for AlembicABC !
cheers to all Smode Team

[keftaparty]

.fbx animations work in 8.6 ?
Is this new or something I missed ?
Because it's great !!!

Mehdi

[alex]

Hi Mehdi,
It is in fact a Smode 8.4 feature, but skeleton animation are still not supported

Smode 8.4 is out!

Smode 8.4 is ready for the show! Smode Studio comes with major improvements on the 3D scenes loading workflow with the support of FBX placement animations, importation of Material Banks, accelerated Substance​ material computation, Null objects and associated placement "look at" option. Smode Station comes with a brand new Mapper tool, which is like the rolls-royce of video mapping grids: custom topology, any number of key points, keys defined in both content space and video projector space,…

Some example:
https://smode.fr/doc/ref/compo/3d/specials/volume-layer.htm?Highlight=animation%20fbx

In Smode 8.3 we already have a suppport of cryptic PC2 mesh animation format:

https://smode.fr/doc/ref/compo/3d/3d-Tools/pc2-cache-file.htm?Highlight=animation

Alembic (ABC) is for sure our next target

Hoping this can helps