Hey guys,

It's come to my attention that I'm not able to export anything out as FBX or alembic with Houdini Apprentice. Since I'm doing a group project in my final year it's become a real problem.

Is there a way around this? I've tried the mBgeo reader plugin from houdinistuff.com but it wasn't working.

Thanks!

the FBX and Alembic support is only available with houdini indie and up.

the only other method is to export as a obj sequence and import it with a script in to maya (obj sequence importer). it works but it will be not a pleasure to work with.

Information: the export works only for fluid and not for smoke.

if you rely want to work pain free get a houdini indie.

So in that case, I can just buy the Houdini engine indie ($99) or would I have to get houdini indie for $199?

Thanks!

You will have to get the Houdini Indie for 199$.

If you want to test first the obj sequence Import with maya, this script will help:
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/obj-sequences-import-export [creativecrash.com]

I don't work with openVDB for Maya , But I think you can export smoke (Pyro) to Maya with OpenVDB too :?

http://www.openvdb.org/download/ [openvdb.org]

and check this topic too :

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&p=146939&highlight= [sidefx.com]