Omniverse: Connect

Connect Basics

• Connect Overview
  • Overview
• Connecting to Omniverse
  • Application and Extension Compatibility
• Version Control
  • Checkpoints
• Installing Connectors
• Third Party Connectors
• Non-Connected Applications

Developing Connectors

• Develop a Connection
  • Ready to integrate your product with Omniverse?
• Connect Sample
  • Overview
  • Sample Details
  • Omniverse Client Library and Live Sessions
  • Locating the Samples source from the Launcher
  • Configuring MSVC (Advanced)
  • Creating a Windows USD App from the Omniverse Connect Sample
  • Release Notes

Connectors

• 3ds Max
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Interface
      • Main Menu
      • Project Menu
      • USD Menu
      • Help Menu
      • 3dsMax Omniverse Toolbar
      • USD Export Browser
      • USD Open and Import Browser
      • Omniverse Settings
    • Usage
      • Save USD
      • Variants
      • Materials
      • Lights
      • Animation
      • File Output
    • Live Workflow
      • Live Controls
      • Omni Live Limitations
    • Scripting
      • USD Python Binding
      • 3DS Max Plugin Script APIs
      • Connect to server
      • Set User Name and Log in
      • Disconnect
      • Save Current Logging Information
      • Connect to Server
      • Export Usd
      • Check Current Value
      • Set Export Collection Types
      • Include MDL checkbox
      • Copy MDL option drop-down list
      • Include USD Preview Surface
      • Camera
      • Light Option
      • Instance Option
      • Set Axis option
      • Split Into Files Option
      • Also Save 3DS Max
      • Import Usd
      • Settings Panel Options
    • Third Party
      • V-Ray™ and 3ds-Max™ to MDL Features and Limitations
      • V-Ray™ Light Support
    • Supported & Unsupported Features
      • Supported Features
      • Unsupported Features
    • Release Notes
      • Latest Release
      • All Releases
    • Roadmap
• Alias
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • User Interface
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
• Archicad
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • User Interface
      • Open/Close Control Palette
      • Hide Palette
      • Send to Omniverse
      • Publish Project
      • Export as Prop
      • Omniverse Connection
      • About
      • Settings
      • Live Sync
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
• Blender
  • Application or Connector?
  • How do I learn Blender?
  • Topics
    • Omniverse / Blender Manual
      • Importing USD Files
      • Exporting USD Files
    • Omniverse Blender Material Templates
      • Access the Omniverse Material
      • Converting Your Existing Materials
    • Nucleus Connector
      • Connector Overview
      • Nucleus Panel
    • Omniverse Panel
      • Omni Particles
      • Convert Material
      • Material Baking Panel
    • Audio2Face
      • Face Prep and Export
      • Face Shapes Import
      • Anim Cache Import
      • Asset Note
    • Scene Optimizer
      • Validate and Weld
      • Unwrap Mesh UVs
      • Decimate
      • Chop Meshes
      • Generate Bounding Mesh
      • Run Operations
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Release Notes
    • Known Issues
• Character Creator
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • Getting Started
      • Usage Instructions
      • File Update with Live Sync
    • Roadmap
    • Release Notes
      • Latest Release
      • All Releases
• CityEngine
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Installation Instructions
      • Sending Models to Omniverse
      • Updating a prior export
      • Export Option Reference
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
    • Known Limitations
• Houdini
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • Getting Started
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • User Interface
    • Requirements
      • Supported Versions
      • Houdini Linux Requirements
      • Ubuntu 18.04 and CentOS 7.9 Requirements
      • Environment Variables
    • Tutorial Videos
      • Working with Houdini and Create app
      • MDL Authoring and Editing
      • Omniverse Loader Overview
    • Known Limitations
      • Mismatched USD Versions between Houdini and Create
      • Connection Authentication Hang
      • Houdini Digital Assets (HDAs)
      • Make Numbered Backups
      • VDB Volume Sequences
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
• iClone
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Getting Started
      • Getting Started with iClone Connector
      • Flexible Contents Update
      • Installation Instructions
      • File Update with Live Sync
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
• Maya Connectors
  • Maya Connector FAQ
    • Autodesk Maya Connector FAQ
  • Maya Native Connector
    • Maya (Native) Connector
      • Overview
      • User Interface
    • User Interface
      • Main Menu
      • Omniverse Shelf
      • Omniverse Export Content
    • Supported & Unsupported Features
      • Supported Features
      • Unsupported Features
      • Known Limitations
    • Maya Native Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
    • Roadmap
  • Maya Legacy Connector
    • Maya (Legacy) Connector
      • Overview
    • User Interface
      • Signing-In
      • Main Menu
      • USD Menu
      • Help Menu
      • USD Export File Browser
      • Open and Import USD Browsers
      • Omniverse Shelf
      • Omniverse Settings
    • Usage
      • Connect USD
      • USD Variants in Maya
      • Materials
      • Live Workflow
      • Lights
      • Rendering
      • Point Cache
      • Maya Interactive Groom Export
      • Exporting
    • Live Workflow
      • Maya Live Sync with Skeletal Mesh
      • Omni Live Limitations
    • Scripting
      • USD Python Binding
      • Maya Plugin Script APIs
      • Loading the Plugin
      • Connect to an Omniverse Server
      • Export USD
      • Other exporting options:
      • Import USD
      • List Command
      • Cache
      • Plug-in Load Time
      • MDL Materials
      • Record Time
      • Loading the Plug-In
    • Supported & Unsupported Features
      • Supported Features
      • Unsupported Features
      • USD
      • Materials
      • General
    • Maya Legacy Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
    • Roadmap
• ParaView
  • Overview
  • Features
  • Topics
    • Manual
      • Install Instructions
      • User Interface
      • Test the connector using the ParaView wavelet source
      • Live Synchronization Details
      • Volumes and OpenVDB
      • Working With Material Graphs
      • Usage with Python
      • MPI environments
      • Settings Menu Explained
      • Omniverse Connector View Properties
    • Current Release
      • 200.0.0
      • All Releases
    • Known Issues
      • Synchronization with Omniverse
      • Timesteps
      • Geometry
      • Materials
      • Volumes
      • Misc Features
• PTC Creo
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • User Interface
      • Publish Project
      • Export as Prop
      • Omniverse Connection
      • About
      • Settings
      • Materials
      • CSV File Structure
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
• Revit
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • User Interface
      • Send to Omniverse
      • Publish Project
      • Export as Prop
      • Batch Export
      • Live Sync
      • Account
      • Settings
      • About
      • File creation from Send to Omniverse, Publish Project or Export as Prop
    • Materials
      • CSV and Materials
      • CSV File Structure
    • Current Release
      • 201.1
      • All Releases
    • Known Limitations
• Rhino
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Install the Connector
      • Enabling the Omniverse Panel
      • Connecting to Omniverse
      • User Interface
    • Materials
      • Material Mapper
      • Rhino Materials
      • Core Library Materials (CSV)
    • Grasshopper
      • Grasshopper Components
      • Main Components
      • Light Components
      • Connecting Models for Output
      • Exporting Grasshopper Data to the OMNIVERSE®
      • Using Grasshopper in Live mode
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
    • Known Limitations
      • Settings
      • Geometry
      • Materials
      • Lighting
      • Animation
      • Cameras
• SketchUp
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • Using the Sketchup Connector
      • Connecting to Omniverse USD Presenter (Local)
      • User Interface
    • Materials
      • CSV and Materials
      • CSV File Structure
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases
    • Known Limitations
      • Sketchup 2020
• Substance 3D Painter
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • User Manual
      • Installation
      • Settings and Actions
      • Exporting to Omniverse USD Composer and Painting
      • Importing a Mesh from Omniverse
      • Operating on a USD Mesh Within a Stage
      • Implementation Details
      • Session Layers and Local vs. Nucleus Textures
      • Known Issues
    • Current Release
      • 202.0 Release
    • All Releases
      • 202.0 Release
      • 201.0 Release
      • 200.0 Release
      • 102.1 Release
      • 101.1 Release
• Unreal Engine
  • Overview
    • Introduction (Video)
    • Supported Versions
    • USD and MDL in Unreal Engine
    • Assets Loading and Caching
    • A Note about the Epic Games USDImporter Plugin
  • Topics
    • Install the Connector
    • Project Settings
    • Connecting
    • Removing a Server
    • Live Sessions
      • Live Sessions (In Unreal Level) Experimental
    • Cleaning Local Assets
    • Opening USD Files
    • Saving USD Files
    • Running Python Scripts
    • Copying Omniverse URLs
    • The Omniverse USD Layers Tab
    • Importing USD as Unreal Assets
      • Importing USD Stages and Assets from Omniverse
      • Importing USD Assets from Local Disk
      • Reimporting USD Assets from Omniverse
      • Importing Audio2Face Facial Animation
    • Exporting to Omniverse (as USD and MDL)
      • Export Options
    • Export USD and MDL to Local Disk
    • Export Commandlet
      • Export Options:
      • Export Flags (true/false):
    • Exporting Omniverse PBR Materials
    • Supported & Unsupported Features
      • Supported
      • Unsupported
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Release Notes
• Unity
  • Overview
  • Topics
    • Getting Started
      • Getting Started video content
    • Feature Summary
    • Requirements
      • Supported Versions
    • User Manual
      • Install Instructions
      • Update Instructions
      • Uninstall Instructions
      • Omniverse Menu
      • Export
      • Live Sync Panel
      • Omniverse Settings Panel
      • Help Panel
      • Materials Handling
      • Color Management Gamma vs Linear Space in Unity and Omniverse Create
    • Tutorial Videos
      • Live Sync Uni-directional workflow
      • USD Import (experimental)
      • Unity and Audio2Face FBX animation transfer workflow
    • Known Limitations
      • Upcoming Features
    • Release Notes
      • Current Release
      • All Releases

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