# OpenVDB

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/academy-software-foundation/openvdb/  
**Provider:** Academy Software Foundation — https://apis.io/providers/academy-software-foundation/  
**Documentation:** https://www.openvdb.org/

OpenVDB is one of 14 APIs that [Academy Software Foundation](https://apis.io/providers/academy-software-foundation/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Volumetric Data, C++, Rendering, and Standards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

OpenVDB is an Academy Award-winning open source C++ library for efficient storage and manipulation of sparse volumetric data discretized on three-dimensional grids. It is the industry standard for volumetric effects in film and visual effects production.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.openvdb.org/documentation/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb

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## Tags

Volumetric Data, C++, Rendering, Standards

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