Interoperability with Other Application

Krakatoa does not support other applications, such as Maya, Houdini, XSI directly yet, but a certain level of interoperability can be achieved.

• Krakatoa can read and write Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files which are a simple ASCII format. Using the scripting languages in these other applications to load or save CSV files should be relatively straightforward.
• Next Limit RealFlow 4 Particle BIN Files may be an option. Next Limit provides particle loaders for a number of 3D applications, and these can be used to load Krakatoa particles saved in the BIN format.
• We have provided the full PRT file format specification which third party developers can use to provide I/O for this format.

NOTE: Krakatoa does not do any automatic conversion of the coordinate system, so you will have to use the transform and/or options in particle loaders to switch between left handed/right handed and Y-up/Z-up conventions.

We intend to release a stand-alone version of the Krakatoa renderer, as well as integrate Krakatoa into other 3D packages. These plans have not been finalized, however, and may be subject to change.

Check out Steven Caron's XSI 7 ICE PRT export plugin.