quillustrate

Odds and ends to interface with Quill, the VR drawing application

Setup

Requires the following executables available in path:

• blender.exe
• UE4Editor-Cmd.exe
• QuillExporter.exe

Running

Converting Quill binary to Quill ascii format

python3 bin/quill_converter.py --input <QuillProjectDirInput> --output <QuillProjectDirOutput>

Exporting an Alembic File from Quill (Manually)

Export an Alembic (.abc) file, selecting:

• Format: "Alembic"
• Color Space: "Linear"
• "Export Mesh"
• "Export Animation"

Save where desired.

Importing Quill Alembic into Blender

blender.exe --background --python "quillustrate/blender.py" -- --alembic "assets/quill_export_example.abc"