Load SFB at runtime (without Sceneform plugin/gradle combo)

[fzaiatz]

Is it possible to generate a SFB file outside of Android Studio? Something like a Blender plugin / a console script, so we can load SFB models at runtime (taking advantage of model animations for instance).

[bobekos]

You can use the converter also outside of android studio. Check this here: https://github.com/gdamoreira/google-ar-asset-converter

[tpsiaki]

Currently the only supported way to generate SFBs to use the Sceneform gradle plugin (either inside an android studio project, or in a standalone gradle build).

As pointed out by @bobekos, there is an underlying command line tool that gets called by the Sceneform plugin. When you run a gradle build using the Sceneform plugin, right now the command line tool is unzipped into the build/sceneform_sdk directory and could theoretically be used directly. Note a couple of important details with the converter command line tool:

• The matc command line tool alongside of the converter also needs to be accessible from the converter.
• Paths referenced in sfa files are generally interpreted as relating to the directory from which you run converter and so you'll need to use care with how you run it.
• You'll want to make sure that the version of Converter and Matc match the version of the Sceneform sdk that you're using (these tools generally get updated every release).
• Finally, I'll reiterate - this is not currently a supported path, and the internal details of how these tools are used by the gradle plugin (and therefore their general availability) may need to change in the future.

[fzaiatz]

Thanks @bobekos for linking to the converter, didn't know about that one. Also thanks @tpsiaki for those notes about it :)

[jungwonwoong]

your_project_work_directory\app\build\sceneform_sdk\windows\converter.exe

windows10 cmd bat file

convert.bat.txt

%1 : output folder name %2 : .obj file name in input dir

ex) C:....\sceneform_sdk\windows\convert.bat output andy.obj