usd

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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USDView on Windows with Victor Yudin's Pre-compiled Binaries
  1. Install Python or setup virtual environment
  2. CD into Python's Scripts
  3. Upgrade pip to latest version
  4. Install PySide, PyOpenGL, and Jinja2
  5. Download and unzip usd package
    • Use the latest release from this repo: https://github.com/VictorYudin/saturn/releases/
  6. Edit usdview.cmd as noted in guide
  7. 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
Recording time code: 2
Recording time code: 3
Recording time code: 4
Recording time code: 5
Recording time code: 6
Recording time code: 7
Recording time code: 8
Recording time code: 9
Recording time code: 10