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-credits – Shows the copyright notices for the cache converter and used libraries. 

-cacheinfo – Displays the stored information about the selected cache files. 

-start – Specifies the starting frame of the sequence. If it's not provided, the tool will automatically scan the directory and find the minimal index.

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  • VelocityXYZ_phx
  • ColorRGB_phx
  • AdvectionOriginXYZ_phx
  • WaveletUVW_phx
  • TexUVW_phx

-removegridch – Allows you to remove grid channels from the source cache when writing the output. If no channels are listed, all channels are removed.

-removeprt – Allows you to remove channels from a particle system when writing the output. If no channels are provided, the entire system is removed. If no system name is given, all particles are removed. This command can be repeated for different particle systems.

-silent – Don't show messages with the conversion progress.-cacheinfo – Displays the stored information about the selected cache files.  


Examples

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  • cache_converter.exe -srcfile ND2_PhoenixFDFire001_####.aur -dstfile outFile_####.vdb – Converts all of the cache files matching the given name. 

  • cache_converter.exe -srcfile ND2_PhoenixFDFire001_####.aur -dstfile outFile_####.vdb -start 0 -end 10 -verbose  Converts the specified range of cache files matching the given name.

  • cache_converter.exe -srcfile ND2_PhoenixFDFire001_####.aur -dstfile outFile_####.vdb -start 0 -end 10 -storagequality 14 -exportchannels Smoke_phx VelocityXYZ_phx -silent – Converts the specified range of cache files matching the given name, and saves only the Smoke and Velocity channels. All other available channels will not be written to the OpenVDB cache.

  • cache_converter.exe -srcfile ND2_PhoenixFDFire002_####.aur -dstfile outFile_####.vdb -removegridch Viscosity_phx VelocityXYZ_phx -removeprt Mist Age_phx -removeprt WetMap  Converts all cache files matching the given name, and removes the Viscosity and Velocity grid channels, and the Age channel for the Mist particle system, and the WetMap particle system. All other available channels will be written to the OpenVDB cache.

  • cache_converter.exe -srcfile ND2_PhoenixFDFire001_####.aur -cacheinfo  Displays the content of the selected cache files.