OpenMfx

OpenMfx is a plug-in API for procedural 3D mesh effects.

• cross-software – Write a mesh processing effect once, run it in every digital content creation tool that supports OpenMfx.

• low overhead – The API intends to limit as much as possible the copy of data in the communication between a plugin and the host software.

• non-destructive interchange – Export a 3D scene without burning in non-destructive effects. If these effects are backed by OpenMfx plugins, they can be seamlessly imported into another piece of software and result in the very same geometry.

• user-friendly – Writing your own mesh processing effect is made as straightforward as possible thanks to a C++ SDK that wraps around the portable raw C API, providing a nicer interface without scarifying performance.

Contents

• Introduction
• Quick Start
  • Using OpenMfx
  • Your first OpenMfx plugin
  • Integrating OpenMfx as an host
• Programming Guide
  • Writing an OpenMfx plugin
  • Getting started with the C++ SDK
  • Writing an OpenMfx plugin using the C API
  • Writing an OpenMfx host
• SDK Reference
  • Plugin SDK
  • Host SDK
• API Reference
  • The Mesh Effect API
  • Mesh Effect Suite
  • Actions Passed to a Mesh Effect
• Implementations and Related Work
  • Available plugins
  • Available hosts
• Requests for Comments
  • RFC001 - Design Principles
  • RFC002 - Edge Representation
  • RFC003 - Constant Face Size
  • RFC004 - Renaming Vertex into Corner
  • RFC005 - Deform-only effects
  • RFC006 - Null stride for constant face size
  • RFC007 - Requesting attributes
  • RFC008 - Enumerating attributes
  • RFC009 - Dynamic linking hell
  • RFC010 - Mesh representation of common hosts
  • RFC011 - Non-mesh inputs/outputs
  • RFC012 - Arbitrary attributes on Point/Corner/Face
  • RFC013 - Renaming OpenMeshEffect into OpenMfx
  • RFC014 - Buffer Protocol