AtomSplitter

Written by: Justin Israel [email protected] justinfx.com

Description

This FREE desktop application allows you to convert nuke Camera.chan files into either Autodesk FBX or Autodesk Flame .action files with the simplest of controls. It was designed for Chris Maynard of cmiVFX based on the research for the NukeX tracking system. Justin Israel and George Nahkl sorted out the code in python then ported it into individual desktop applications for convenient use. This is a python based solution that will provide extensibility to those interested in expanding its features. cmiVFX supports the open source growth of this application and is willing to share its source code to participating members of this community. The Autodesk FBX plug-in allows all types of data to be packaged into one file format that can be used by most of today's 3D authoring software.

Pre-built Binary

Older binary builds hosted here:
http://justinfx.com/public/files/AtomSplitter/1.6.2/binary/

Binary builds are no longer maintained as of v1.6.2 The current way to use AtomSplitter is to download the source, and either running directly from the AtomSplitter.py script, or follow the directions below and build into a stand-alone executable.

Dependancies

AtomSplitter is a python application that requires the following:

• Python 2.5+
• PyQt 4.6+
• PIL

Usage

The tool has both a command line interface, and a GUI. Running the script with no arguments will launch in GUI mode.

The following is the usage for command-line mode:

python AtomSplitter.py -h Usage: AtomSplitter.py [out fbx file]

Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -o OBJ, --obj=OBJ Optional nuke-exported pointCloud .obj file -f FPS, --fps=FPS Set FPS rate (default 24) -x WIDTH, --width=WIDTH Set frame width (default 2048) -y HEIGHT, --height=HEIGHT Set frame height (default 1556) --filmwidth=FILMWIDTH Set film aperature width in mm (default 24.576) --filmheight=FILMHEIGHT Set film aperature height in mm (default 18.672) -s SCALE, --scale=SCALE Scale the translation values by this amount -F FORMAT, --format=FORMAT Output format (fbx, action, terragen) -a, --action Export a Flame .action file instead of FBX (DEPRECATED)

Building AtomSplitter into stand-alone apps

For your convenience, I have also included the setup files used with py2app (for osx), and py2exe (win32)

Usage (osx):

cd build python setup.py py2app

For windows you can just run the bat script.