Notes
Setup
Guide
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USDView on Windows with Victor Yudin's Pre-compiled Binaries
This is how to set up Pixar's USDView on Windows using the pre-compiled binaries of Victor Yudin (https://github.com/VictorYudin/saturn/releases) The step-by...
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- Install Python or setup virtual environment
- CD into Python's Scripts
- Upgrade pip to latest version
- Install PySide, PyOpenGL, and Jinja2
- Download and unzip usd package
- Use the latest release from this repo: https://github.com/VictorYudin/saturn/releases/
- Edit usdview.cmd as noted in guide
- Associate .usd, .usda, and .usdz files to usdview
Python Environment Variables
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USD Frequently Asked Questions
USD stands for "Universal Scene Description." It is a system for encoding scalable, hierarchically organized, static and time-sampled data, for the primary purpose of interchanging and augmenting the data between cooperating digital content creation applications.
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Set the following environment variables for use with usd
PATH=C:\usd\bin; C:\usd\lib
Processes
usdrecord
Export image sequence of a camera animation in a usd file. CD into usd's bin directory to access commands. Reference docs link above for more usd functionality.
c:\usd\bin>usdrecord --frames 1:10 --camera cameraName --imageWidth 1920 D:\shots\usd_shotA.usd D:\shots\newFolder\####.png
Camera: /cameras/cameraName
Renderer plugin: HdStormRendererPlugin
Recording time code: 1
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