2025-06-19 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting

Everyone is welcome on the Google Meet linked below every other Thursday, at 17:00 CEST.

Present:

The meeting covers the Pipeline & I/O module topics (USD integration, other external fileformats support…).

Links

USD

  • The USD targets task for Blender 5.0.
  • The point instancer exporter PR has been merged in time for 4.5, as an experimental USD feature.
    • There may be some follow-ups to be addressed still before 4.5 release, Jesse will contact Liz about it.

Other

  • FBX:
    • The new importer (based on the UFBX library) will become the default option in 5.0. The python one will be marked as legacy.
  • Collada has been fully removedfrom main/Blender 5.0.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on Thursday 03rd July, 17:00 CEST/Amsterdam time (your local time: 2025-07-03T15:00:00Z).

The provisional meeting agenda will be linked in the Pipeline & I/O Meetings Overview thread before the meeting.