Blender 🔶Mar 26, 2024

Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.1!

A solid release packed with quality of life improvements and better performance across the board.

📖 What's new: https://blender.org/download/releases/4-1/
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4.1 — blender.org

Blender 4.1 is a solid release with quality of life improvements and performance enhancements all across the board.

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Show threadJarom VogelMar 26, 2024
@Blender So thrilled to see native USD skinned animation export in 4.1! 🙌
Show threadChristoph Werner 🔶️Mar 27, 2024
@jaromvogel @Blender As I remember, it was always possible to export usd skinned/rigged files? Or do you mean something different?
Show threadJarom VogelMar 27, 2024
@CWernerArt
You could export animated USDZ files, but any skinned / rigged animations would (as far as I could tell) essentially be baked on export so every frame was effectively a separate copy of the model. It could result in some pretty enormous file sizes!
Show threadChristoph Werner 🔶️Mar 27, 2024
@jaromvogel I see. So before it was like Alembic where every frame is exported by single inside the alembic file. The new USD function sounds great. Hopefully engines like the one by Apple can also support the import of such USD files.
Show threadJarom Vogel
@CWernerArt yeah exactly like that. And I haven’t tested it much yet, but I tried a couple files and it seems to work great with Apple’s USD quicklook viewer so far! Previously I’d have to export to gltf then convert that to usdz, so this is much better!
Mar 27, 2024 at 3:24pmWeb
Show threadChristoph Werner 🔶️Mar 27, 2024
@jaromvogel I did it the same way. Problem of the default finder viewer: Most time it displays something completely different in compare of the developer environment... Anyway: This is something for the coders.
Show threadJarom VogelMar 27, 2024
@CWernerArt yeah, it’s never quite the same. Still, this makes it easier at least!