Alembic ABC files store geometry and animation, but they do not store materials or material-mapping information.
Interface
- File Format
- The ABC file format:
- Ogawa (default): Suitable for multi-threading. Ogawa files can be smaller than HDF5 files and generally load more quickly.
- HDF5: Legacy file format.
Cache Time Range group
Settings for how animation saves.
- Single
- Saves the current frame only.
- Active Time Segment
- The range of frames as shown on the track bar.
- Range
- All the frames between and including the two numbers you specify.
- Every Nth Frame
- Regular sample of frames. For example, type 8 to render every 8th frame. This affects only the Active Time Segment and Range output options. Default=1.
- Exports Particle Shape as Mesh
- Exports particle shapes as mesh.
Procedures
To export an ABC file:
- In the Application menu select Export
Export.
The Select File to Export dialog appears.
- Navigate to where you want the file to save and then select or enter a file name.
- In the Save as type field, select Alembic from the list.
- Click Save.
The Alembic Exporter Options dialog appears.
- Select the appropriate settings and click OK.
Note: By default geometry nodes do not have the suffix "shape".
To add the suffix "shape" to geometry nodes:
- In Windows Explorer, navigate to AlembicExport.ini. If you installed 3ds Max in its default location, you will likely find the file in
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\version\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\.
Note: You must have exported at least one Alembic file previously to generate the AlembicExport.ini file.
- Open the file in Notepad or a similar software.
- Under General, change the ShapeName value from 0 to 1.
- In the File menu, click Save.
- Close the file.
- In 3ds Max, export the Alembic file.