NANOVDB_CONVERT(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is nanovdb_convert — the manual page lives in section 1, and what it does is literally convert one or more OpenVDB files into a single NanoVDB file. that's the whole vibe. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nanovdb_convert [options] *.vdb output.nvdb

like. it's giving "throw a bunch of vdb files at me and I'll hand you one nvdb". simple. iconic. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Which: converts one or more OpenVDB files to a single NanoVDB file. 🎀

Usage: ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/nanovdb_convert [options] *.nvdb output.vdb Which: converts one or more NanoVDB files to a single OpenVDB file — bestie it goes BOTH ways, the plot twist ✨🔄

lowkey note: that usage line uses the ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/nanovdb_convert path exactly as written, so don't come for me about it, I'm just the messenger 💀

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

so here's the full flag lineup, no gatekeeping, every single one:

• -a, --abs-error float — absolute error tolerance, used for variable bit depth quantization 📏
• -b, --blosc — use BLOSC compression on the output file 🗜️
• -c, --checksum mode — where mode = {none, partial, full} ✅
• -d, --dither — apply dithering during blocked compression 🌫️
• -f, --force — overwrite the output file if it already exists (yes it will just bulldoze it, that's the point) 💥
• --fp4 — quantize float grids to 4 bits
• --fp8 — quantize float grids to 8 bits
• --fp16 — quantize float grids to 16 bits
• --fpN — quantize float grids to variable bit depth (use -a or -r to specify a tolerance) 🎚️
• -g, --grid name — convert all grids matching the specified string name 🔍
• -h, --help — prints this message 🆘
• -r, --rel-error float — relative error tolerance, used for variable bit depth quantization 📐
• -s, --stats mode — where mode = {none, bbox, extrema, all} 📊
• -v, --verbose — print verbose information to the terminal 🗣️
• --version — print version information to the terminal 🏷️
• -z, --zip — use ZIP compression on the output file 🤐

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but bestie, it says right there "but may be used by others", so go off, you're invited too 🫶

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and that's the whole page, no cap. this is nanovdb_convert version 10.0.1, from August 2026, living in section NANOVDB_CONVERT(1) — mwah, slay, go convert something gorgeous ✨💖🦋