DRACO_ENCODER(1)

📦 version 1.5.7, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DRACO_ENCODER 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual for draco_encoder — that's the DRACO_ENCODER(1) page, part of the Draco Compression set of man pages. sit down, grab a boba, we're compressing some 3D stuff together 🧚✨

✨ NAME ✨

draco_encoder — compress 3D geometric meshes and point clouds 🦋

like. it squishes your 3D files. that's the whole gig. and it does it beautifully.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

draco_encoder -i input [-o output] [options]

that's it, that's the shape of it. input in, output out, options sprinkled on top like glitter 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so, Draco is a format for efficient compression of 3D graphics data — think geometric meshes, think point clouds, the whole 3D vibe. and draco_encoder is the tool that does the compressing. it's giving main character energy in the compression department, no cap.

here's every option you can throw at it. don't skip a single one, i stg, they all matter 🫶

🎀 the options 🎀

  • -i input — the input file name, and it has to be in .ply or .obj format. that's the one you need, periodt.
  • -o output — the output file name. where the magic lands ✨
  • -qp value — quantization bits for the position. default is 11.
  • -qt value — quantization bits for the texture coordinates. default is 10.
  • -qn value — quantization bits for the normal vector. default is 8.
  • -qg value — quantization bits for any generic attribute. default is 8.
  • -cl value — compression level, and it goes from 0 to 10. default is 7.
  • --skip attribute — skip a given attribute. the attributes you can skip are NORMAL, TEX_COORD, and GENERIC. bye bestie, we don't need you 🙈
  • --metadata — use metadata to encode extra information in mesh files. extra info?? we love extra info 💜
  • -point_cloud — force the input to be encoded as a point cloud. it's not gonna guess, it's gonna commit 🔥
⚠️ okay important one, listen up: negative quantization values will skip the specified attribute. so if you go negative on a -q flag, that attribute is just gone. not reduced, not compressed, skipped. be so serious when you do that 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

your other faves, your little squad:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and compress responsibly 💖✨🎀

this was DRACO_ENCODER(1) from the Draco Compression manual set — mwah, love you, bye 🦋🌸💅

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