Autodesk USD Updates

We released updates for USD today in both Maya and 3ds Max. Some of the new features:

Maya:

  • Use native camera viewport controls with USD cameras
  • See USD Light shapes and pick in viewport
  • Exporter now has option to Export a ProxyShape as an Xform with Reference to root layer
  • Outliner now allows reloading references on a prim
  • Outliner now supports prim Display Color (set in Attribute Editor)
  • More… See USD for Maya 0.30 Release Notes.

3ds Max:

  • USD Property Editor
  • USD Snaps for Face, Edge and Vertices
  • Draw Modes automation for Point Instancers on Stage
  • Added support for Importing USD Curves
  • More… See USD for 3ds Max 0.9 Release Notes.

The USD team hopes you get some added value in your pipelines with the new updates. We look forward to any feedback.

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