pyside6-balsam

pyside6-qsb is a tool that wraps the balsam tool provided with Qt Quick 3D. The Balsam tool is a command line application that is part of Qt Quick 3D’s asset conditioning pipeline. The purpose is to take assets created in digital content creation tools like Maya, 3ds Max or Blender and converts them into an efficient runtime format for use with Qt Quick 3D. It is not possible, nor does it make sense to reference the interchange formats directly in applications because a large amount of resources are needed to parse and condition the content of the asset before it is usable for real-time rendering. Instead, the interchange formats can be converted via the Balsam tool into QML Components and resources like geometry and textures.

For more information on how to use this tool, read Qt’s documentation here: Balsam Asset Import Tool.

Usage

pyside6-balsam [options] sourceFileName

To convert a 3D asset contained in the file testModel.fbx with pyside6-balsam the following command would be used:

pyside6-balsam testModel.fbx

This would generate the following files:

• meshes/testModel.mesh

• TestModel.qml

Which can then be used in a Qt Quick 3D project by using that QML Component:

import QtQuick3D 1.0

Scene {
    Model {
        source: "TestModel.qml"
    }
}

For other modes of operation, refer to the Balsam Asset Import Tool.