I use Alembic as my main interchange format and I rarely have problems (at least that weren't caused by user error in the first place!). The new builds of Crate are being maintained by Alon Gibli from PSYOP as they still use Soft alongside Maya (at least that's been the case so far).
Jordi, the points you raise are valid, but luckily they haven't reared their ugly head as yet. On 6 November 2017 at 18:24, Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tread carefully > > This is one of the first areas you will see Softimage being left behind > big time… and sooner or later a lack of communication between applications > as old versions will be (I suspect) discontinued. > > Alembic is already on v1.7.4 and I doubt the most modern features and > implementation is evolving at all in Softimage while it certainly is for > other applications. > > Same for FBX… > > jb > > > > > On 6 Nov 2017, at 18:09, Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > - Alembic workflow is far better than FBX between Houdini and any Autodesk > DCC. > - Crate offers better functionality when importing Alembic (stuff like > retiming). > - Exporting Alembic from Soft is actually better with the built in Alembic > tools as it's fully multi-threaded. Makes a huge difference when dealing > with multi-million plus point clouds. > > But at the end of the day it's down to personal preference. > > On 6 November 2017 at 17:54, Ognjen Vukovic <ognj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >Is Crate much better than using FBX? >> >> Thats like asking is Softimage better then using Maya on this mailing >> list :P. >> >> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Leoung O'Young <digim...@digimata.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Is Crate much better than using FBX? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Loeung >>> >>> >>> On 11/6/2017 7:30 AM, Jonathan Moore wrote: >>> >>> AFAIK, there's no newer versions for Softimage. But there have been >>> updated builds for Maya and 3ds Max. I maintain an archive of all the >>> builds I've come across and updated it recently for Maya 2018. >>> >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d.pr_OuSBJ5.zip&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=f660zKQ8t66IYSX-SLy3cDh2BRdvPEj85X2oX4CzVIo&s=YrW3vpyRq2e7lN4ZoDwdVYmhB4hKeFXdIwj6FAMyD1I&e= >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d.pr_OuSBJ5.zip&d=DwMFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=fXQL9oeY3Fr-zS6ospyIVLHNihPA4bOMAmJ1Gu3RFTg&s=XJy4L6dvpuXVcxBTHYfSfDcEjmbc-_UtESSN_kg7p7s&e=> >>> >>> The Softimage builds work perfectly for me. >>> >>> See how you get on. >>> >>> On 6 November 2017 at 10:20, Orlando Esponda <orlando.espo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Try searching in the google group. IIRC there's some newer versions. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah, ExocortexCrate1.1.148 is the latest I have found. 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