Maya USD Export

USD Export for Maya

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This repository provides a standalone Maya plugin for exporting USD (Universal Scene Description) files. It also includes a lightweight GUI for convenience and quick integration into tools and workflows. While the functionality is similar to Autodesk's maya-usd plugin, this version is designed for modularity and ease of use. It does not require maya-usd, but remains compatible with it. This makes it simpler to modify and embed in other projects. Future development will aim for feature parity with maya-usd, alongside new functionality such as reverse winding orders.

Features

• Vertex Animations
• Copies XForms
• Copies UVs
• Squash shapes
• Select Individual Prims
• Set Individual Types
• Set Output Path

Installation From Source

‍Tested on Maya 2023.3 with maya-usd 0.20.0
Tested on Maya 2024.2 with maya-usd 0.25.0 & OpenUSD 0.22.11

Prerequisites

• OpenUSD
  • For maya-usd compatability, check releases to find out which version you need
• Maya Devkit
• Ninja
• Cmake
• Qt5

Build

git clone git@github.com:ParkerBritt/maya-usd-export.git
cd maya-usd-export
 
# point these to your actual paths
export USD_LOCATION="/path/to/usd/build"
export DEVKIT_LOCATION="/path/to/devkit"
 
./build.sh

Install

./install.sh

API

Access the API docs here: https://parkerbritt.github.io/maya-usd-export

Or build the docs locally with:

cd maya-usd-export
doxygen