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-srcfile – Specifies the input .aur, .vdb or .f3d file(s) name or pattern. You can use "####" as a frame number and the files will be treated as a sequence.-dstfile – Specifies the output .vdb or
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The drag-and-drop functionality can be used to convert .aur or .vdb files without opening the command line. You can drop the files on the cache_converter.exe and they will be converted and saved in the input directory. |
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-dstfile – Specifies the output .vdb or .aur file .aur file(s) name or pattern. You can use "####" as a frame number and the files will be treated as a sequence.
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If -dstfile argument is not added, the source file folder will be used as a default output destination. |
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If you want to check the content of a cache file with -cacheinfo, without converting it, you won't need the -dstfile argument at the end of the command. |
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-help – Shows the available commands and the version of the tool.
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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 10 – 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.