Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of Pixar USD features and components
- Understanding the USD composition
Preparing the Development Environment
- Building and installing dependencies and components
- Setting the environment variables for Python
Authoring USD
- Creating a USD stage
- Creating and editing prims
- Referencing layers
- Converting layers into different USD file formats
- Traversing prims in a stage
- Creating and editing variants
- Applying transformations, animations, layer offsets, and shading
Working with Plugins and Examples
- Modifying variant examples in Katana
- Generating USD assets from Maya
- Modifying USD scenes with Houdini
- Setting up and using Usdview plugin
- Building schema classes
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- An understanding of 3D modeling and production concepts
- Python programming experience
Audience
- Design Engineers
- Architects
- Developers
Delivery Options
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