yep, i get that... i think there is room for a lightweight and free plugin with minimal dependencies. alembic is surely a beast to compile.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]>wrote: > Gene can speak for himself but I get the vibe he's probably going for > simplicity, much like how OBJ is the simplest static mesh format and > because it's so incredibly easy to write out, it's so widely used (even if > there's a few extras that not all exporters/importers handle, but the core > stuff works.) > > Using Alembic would be smart, no doubt, but the complexity it brings in > terms of managing compilation on multiple platforms outweighs the > portability of a potentially simpler spec that's easy to write and > relatively easy to read. Filesize-wise compression can be used regardless. > I don't see that as a concern. > > Anyway, that's my opinion. What are your thoughts on this, Gene? >
