I have questions about the method here:

bsavery commented 4 years ago

Not to be critical, I'm sure this is a useful plugin but it seems there are two other (better?) methods this could be done:

Blender can now (2.82) create USD files. You could then use the usdzip utility to create a usdz file
USD now has Python3 bindings (in fact if you used the NVidia distribution had them for a while so could use that to write out files

Again, not saying this isn't a nice addon, but I'd recommend moving to one of the above methods rather than writing out files by hand. Seems to be re-inventing the wheel, or at least if the api changes will not work.

robmcrosby commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the comments and recommendations. I am looking into the new usd exporter in blender to see how I can improve this addon. Im sure it would be much better than the current implantation I have right now.

Thanks

bsavery commented 4 years ago

Ok great. I hope it didn't come off harsh. Either of the above suggestions might be easier and more maintainable.

I do think the USD export in Blender now is imperfect though...

robmcrosby / BlenderUSDZ

I have questions about the method here: #46