https://pdravecky.com/tags/python/ Recent content in Python on Peter Dravecky Hugo en-US Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pdravecky.com/posts/decoding-arnold-.ass-files-for-fun/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pdravecky.com/posts/decoding-arnold-.ass-files-for-fun/ <p>One of my coworkers recently asked me if there is a way to import .ass files back into Houdini after you&rsquo;ve exported them, similar to what you can do with .usd and Solaris nowadays - We have a large unmanaged geo archive and during some digging they stumbled upon a library of objects which were only exported as .ass files. On first glance there don&rsquo;t seem to be any native tools for converting/reimporting .ass files, but the files are saved in ASCII, so it can&rsquo;t be that hard to read back, right?</p>