Animation "Cache to USD" option not working?

[sebastianZ4FWN]

Hi there,

I've been struggling to cache Maya animation to USD format without any luck.

I've followed this specific tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW9Pu2ep-kM

I can follow the instructions until minute 3:01. When I right click and press "Cache to USD" it doesn't playback the animation and the result is the robot with no animation.
I have tried several times with this, and also with other super simple scenes, like a cube animated.

Replicated exactly and in detail all of the steps.
I'm able to import to an USD Stage Layer the Maya references without any issues, animation looks good until then.
But after pressing "Cache to USD" then I get the model with no animation.
It doesn't seem to really work.
There are no Warnings or Errors in the Script editor, so I have no clue.
I'm in Maya 2023.3 and MayaUSDPlugin 0.20.0.

Any help??

[ray]

Same problem here, no way to export a character animation to USD

[ray]

Just an update to say I finally was able to export animation data from Maya to USD format. After many tests I realized that "Skeleton" and "Skin clusters" options must be set to "none" , otherwise Maya tries to export skin and joints, if they are turned off Maya exports a geometry cache.