https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206959#M18867 <P>Just in case you want the latest version V0.9 is out.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.9.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.9.0</A></P> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:40:57 GMT Christoph_Schaedl 2021-04-02T09:40:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389011#M18847 <P>Just in case someone is wondering what is USD all about.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>A good start is this article from Pixar.</P> <P><A href="https://renderman.pixar.com/stories/pixars-usd-pipeline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://renderman.pixar.com/stories/pixars-usd-pipeline</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Here the official Pixar USD page.</P> <P><A href="https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/index.html</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The introduction from Autodesk.</P> <P><A href="https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/maya-usd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/maya-usd/</A></P> <P><A href="https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/usd-plugin-for-maya-fundamental-pillars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/usd-plugin-for-maya-fundamental-pillars/</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>A video overview.</P> <P><A href="https://vimeo.com/365638295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://vimeo.com/365638295</A></P> Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:47:10 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389011#M18847 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-03-20T08:47:10Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389020#M18848 <P>The Binary USD v0.1.0 for Maya2020 is located here on GitHub.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.1.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.1.0</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Here two tutorials if you need to build your own version.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/blob/dev/doc/build.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/blob/dev/doc/build.md</A></P> <P><A href="https://www.manicmachinegames.com/blog/2019/1/10/tutorial-setting-up-and-building-pixars-usd-on-windows" target="_blank">https://www.manicmachinegames.com/blog/2019/1/10/tutorial-setting-up-and-building-pixars-usd-on-windows</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:39:54 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389020#M18848 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-03-20T08:39:54Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389024#M18849 <P>And cause USD is all about sharing Data its good to know what others are doing.</P> <P>Here the Primer video from SideFX.</P> <P><A href="https://youtu.be/Yp_TRVD3wjQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/Yp_TRVD3wjQ</A></P> Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:44:31 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9389024#M18849 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-03-20T08:44:31Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9467355#M18850 <P>Nvidia released the Attic USD Stage.</P> <P>Download it here.</P> <P><A class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" title="https://developer.nvidia.com/usd" role="link" href="https://t.co/tM9sq6HuYU?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-focusable="true"><SPAN class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" aria-hidden="true">https://</SPAN>developer.nvidia.com/usd</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>To get it working you have to unzip it into a folder named like this --&gt;&nbsp;<SPAN>../atticwork/attic_v5/</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Here a screengrab from the Hydra Viewport in Maya.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Hydra.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/759731i48D8BE9FC025E053/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Hydra.jpg" alt="Hydra.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:48:32 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9467355#M18850 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-04-24T11:48:32Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9470372#M18851 <P>Short tutorial on how to load the Nvidia USD Stage.&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://youtu.be/JF7d3z1tqnM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/JF7d3z1tqnM</A></P> Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:30:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9470372#M18851 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-04-25T20:30:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9556067#M18852 <P>An other great Article about the use of USD.&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://beforesandafters.com/2020/05/25/how-does-usd-actually-get-used-at-a-vfx-studio/" target="_blank">https://beforesandafters.com/2020/05/25/how-does-usd-actually-get-used-at-a-vfx-studio/</A></P> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:51:50 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9556067#M18852 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-06-02T20:51:50Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9653019#M18853 <P>New Maya Plugin v0.2 ready for download.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.2.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.2.0</A></P> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:13:17 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9653019#M18853 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-07-24T07:13:17Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9710258#M18854 <P>An other good read from Pixar about there USD Pipeline.</P> <P><A href="http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1277231-edition-2-2020/23?" target="_blank">http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1277231-edition-2-2020/23?</A></P> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:57:44 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9710258#M18854 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-08-25T10:57:44Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9710266#M18855 <P>Maya_USD V0.3 is ready for downlowad.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.3.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.3.0</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="usd_p.JPG" style="width: 817px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/811017iA64805DE89DD7510/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="usd_p.JPG" alt="usd_p.JPG" /></span></P> Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:01:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9710266#M18855 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-08-25T11:01:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9747185#M18856 <P>Video from the Vision Series!</P> <P><A href="https://youtu.be/6EqcwefKMRI" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6EqcwefKMRI</A></P> Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:26:58 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9747185#M18856 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-09-15T05:26:58Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9832019#M18857 <P>MayaUSD v0.5 is ready for download.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.5.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.5.0</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>And there is a new USD community page.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/discussions" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/discussions</A></P> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:40 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9832019#M18857 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-10-29T11:00:40Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9945608#M18858 <P>The USD Layer Editor is now ready for testing.</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.6.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.6.0</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="EpZXVyEVEAIXYIa.jpg" style="width: 525px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/857241iA9DFB59E8891D848/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="EpZXVyEVEAIXYIa.jpg" alt="EpZXVyEVEAIXYIa.jpg" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:37:56 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9945608#M18858 Christoph_Schaedl 2020-12-17T06:37:56Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9986726#M18859 <P>I have watched autodesk vision series and there are updates to outliner to support more usd features like adding prims and attribute editor showing a lot more details of prims, do we have an ETA when that's gonna be released, am currently trying 0.6.0 and that just has layer editor</P> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:54:12 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9986726#M18859 Anonymous 2021-01-08T08:54:12Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9986754#M18860 <P>I assume thats part of UFE. If thats true you have to wait for Maya 2021.</P> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:10:14 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/9986754#M18860 Christoph_Schaedl 2021-01-08T09:10:14Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10020706#M18861 <P>Maya USD v0.7</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.7.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.7.0</A></P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:24:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10020706#M18861 Christoph_Schaedl 2021-01-21T20:24:36Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10113740#M18862 <P><SPAN>Maya USD v0.8</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>In-memory USD edits can now be written to disk and restored.</LI> <LI>UV Mirroring Import/Export support has been added.</LI> <LI>Improved UsdSkel Export with more complete blendshape and skeleton rest transforms.</LI> <LI>Import/Export UI fixes including missing prims in Hierarchy View.</LI> <LI>Improved import support for USD leftHanded meshes.</LI> <LI>Improved and more consistent undo support of Usd attributes.</LI> <LI>Several Layer Editor bug fixes improving muted layers and invalid layer crashes.</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.8.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.8.0</A></P> Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:29:44 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10113740#M18862 Christoph_Schaedl 2021-02-26T10:29:44Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10144373#M18863 <P><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_tears_of_joy:">😂</span>&nbsp;I spent one week googling, and everything is here....&nbsp; thank&nbsp; &nbsp;you&nbsp; <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":red_heart:">❤️</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:39:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10144373#M18863 AdelArts 2021-03-10T07:39:36Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206355#M18864 <P>How do I install the USD plugin? I cannot see it in the Maya plugins list (Maya 2022)</P> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 01:33:10 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206355#M18864 singhs_apps 2021-04-02T01:33:10Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206507#M18865 <P>Its an option in the main Maya installer beside Arnold and Bifrost.&nbsp;</P> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 04:26:08 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206507#M18865 Christoph_Schaedl 2021-04-02T04:26:08Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206723#M18866 <P>I ended up uninstalling the usd with windows uninstall.</P><P>‘I ran the Maya 2022 setup again and the usd plug-in showed up in the install window.&nbsp;<BR /><BR /></P><P>now it’s working fine, except I need to figure out how to have usd materials show up in Maya.</P> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:15:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-usd/m-p/10206723#M18866 singhs_apps 2021-04-02T07:15:43Z