Any successfully compiled openvdb libs?

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Hi
I want to play with new cycles volumes and i need for this openvdb libs, of course.
How to compile it on linux?
What i try to do:

all depends are installed

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I don’t think OpenVDB just works with Cycles out-of-the-box. There is a whole lot of work required to implement it in Blender, not something you just press compile and run.

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There is a GSOC2013 student working on it but I’m not sure if he will continue… I don’t know much about his progress but here is some info for you:

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Jehuty/GSoC_2013/Planning_and_Reports

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I’ve been following his progress. He’s not quite ready yet. The issue seem to be that the OpenVDB SOC branch is a separate project from the SOC Dingto branch which contains the volumetric engine. So, he will have to wait for Dingto to commit his volumetric work to trunk before he can merge it into his own branch. At that point, you’ll be able to download the OpenVDB branch and play with it. I would estimate that’s at least a week to two week away.