pxrMegascanImporter

Blender addon to get megascan asset with renderman. UI is present in the 3D viewport ( see import_asset.png file )

A Youtube Video about the installation and usage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U22XPkD0Xw

Requirements

• Renderman Pro Server 26.x
• Renderman for Blender 26.x ( https://github.com/prman-pixar/RenderManForBlender )
• Miniumum Blender 4.3
• Quixel Megascans Bridge Application
• required download settings in Bridge

Geometry

• FBX, LOD0, LOD1

Textures ( 4K )

• Albedo - JPEG
• Specular - JPEG
• Roughness - JPEG
• Translucency - JPEG
• Opacity - JPEG
• Bump - EXR
• Normal - EXR
• NormalBump - EXR
• Displacement - EXR

Installation

• create environment "QUIXEL_JSON" variable that points to the "assetData.json".
• create environment "RMANTREE" variable that points to the install directory of RendermanProServer.
• create environment "OCIO" that points to the ACES-1.3 config.

Recommended is that you do this in a .bashrc file and launch blender from a terminal. Example of contents in a .bashrc

Linux Example

export QUIXEL_JSON=/mnt/projects/Megascans/Downloaded/assetsData.json
export RMANTREE=/opt/pixar/RenderManProServer-26.3
export OCIO=$RMANTREE/lib/ocio/ACES-1.3/config.ocio

Macos Example

export QUIXEL_JSON=/Users/stan/Documents/Megascans\ Library/Downloaded/assetsData.json
export RMANTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-26.3
export OCIO=$RMANTREE/lib/ocio/ACES-1.3/config.ocio

Download the zip file and install the addon via preferences.