Xgen interactive grooming - Alembic Cache export

[Anonymous]

Hey Guys, 

I was wondering if anybody else had seen an issue with exported alembic caches out of the interactive groom menu...

The description seems to be writing out correctly, but when brought back in, it looks as if the mask painted for density isn't being adhered to.

Is this a known limitation of alembic caches?

Thanks in advance!

[Michael_Todd · Accepted solution]

It's a known issue. The curves that are culled by the density map are tagged as hidden and will not be drawn when the cache is imported via the the IGS cache import mechanism, but when imported via the regular alembic import, they are visible. We plan to add an option to cull them from the export/import completely

Cheers

[BrianHanke]

Just wanted to follow up on this since I was having the same problem and it's not obvious what the solution is. When you want to export your interactive groom to Alembic, go to XGen Interactive Groom Editor > Descriptions > Cache > Export Cache... In the new window, make sure you tick Multiple Transforms under Advanced Options. That will export your finished groom with all painted masks applied.