Timecodes and Frames

OpenUSD can control the playback range and rate using timecodes and frames per second. Let's look at why and how to use these.

Inherits and Specializes

OpenUSD offers two very similar ways to derive from a prim. Let's review how they work and why you might use them.

Prepend, Append... What?

OpenUSD documents often include editable lists with these terms. Let's explore why and how they work.

Variants

Exploring OpenUSD's variants feature, enabling multiple lightweight versions in a single asset

Kinds and Models

Kind metadata in OpenUSD, what's it for? What should you set it to?

Building OpenUSD

Tips for compiling on different architectures, and common pitfalls

USD Stage Traversal

A howto guide for finding the right prims in an OpenUSD stage, using python

OpenUSD Library Tour

OpenUSD has a lot of libraries, each with a different weird and mysterious name. Let's take a tour!

USD and Python

A very broad introduction to programming with OpenUSD in Python

USD: What's in a Name?

Rambling thoughts about USD as a technology name

Prims, Files and Layers

What is an OpenUSD Layer? How does it relate to Prims and Files?

USD File Basics

OpenUSD file structure explained at a high level