Overview #

The Alembic Open Computer Graphics Exchange (.abc) is an open-source file format used to store and interchange computer graphics scenes and animations. It was developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Industrial Light & Magic in collaboration with other studios and software vendors. Alembic supports various 3D applications and is designed to handle complex geometry, animation, and visual effects.

Toolbag can only import Alembic files but not export them. This format will allow you to import complex scenes with multiple objects, animations, lights, and cameras.

New in Toolbag 5: You can now import hairstyles created in XGen and other software that provide tools for authoring grooms. This will create a Groom object that renders the splines and creates a material automatically configured with the Hair module set to Reflection. Various parameters can be adjusted to control the style of the splines.

Scene Objects #

Mesh Data #