Omniverse: Connect

Connect Basics

• Connect Overview
  • What is NVIDIA Omniverse™ Connect?
  • Connecting to Omniverse
  • Installing Connectors
• Links to 3rd Party Connectors
  • Replica
• Non-Connected Applications

Common Features

• Version Control
  • Checkpoints

Connectors

• 3ds Max
  • Overview
    • Supported Versions
    • Loading the Plug-In
  • User Interface
    • Signing-In
    • Main Menu
    • Project Menu
    • USD Menu
    • Help Menu
    • 3dsMax Omniverse Toolbar
    • USD Export Browser
    • USD Import Browser
    • Omniverse Settings
      • General Settings
      • Live Settings
  • Usage
    • Live Sync
    • Save USD
    • Variants
      • Using Variants
      • Creating Variants
      • Export behavior
    • Materials
      • Understanding MDLs
      • MDLs and The Material Editor
      • Exporting Materials
      • Export Native 3dsMax materials as MDL to Omniverse
    • Lights
  • Scripting
    • USD Python Binding
    • 3DS Max Plugin Script APIs
    • Connect to server
      • Check Connection Status
    • Set User Name and Log in
      • Set User Name
      • Log In
    • Disconnect
    • Save Current Logging Information
    • Connect to Server
    • Export Usd
      • Exporting Options
    • 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
      • Enable Cache
      • Auto Sign In on Startup
      • Echo OMNIVERSE® Feedback in Script Editor
      • Enable Renaming for Invalid Names and Duplicated Names.
      • Export Paths
      • Material Mapping File
      • Embedded MDL option
      • Destination Template Path
  • Third Party
    • V-Ray™ and 3ds-Max™ to MDL Features and Limitations
      • V-Ray
      • 3ds-Max
    • V-Ray™ Light Support
  • Supported & Unsupported Features
    • Supported Features
      • Import/Open (From USD)
      • Export (To USD)
      • Other
    • Unsupported Features
      • General
      • Geometry
      • Materials
      • Maps
      • Lighting
      • Animation
  • Release Notes
    • 102.4
    • 102.3
    • 102.2.2
    • 102.1
    • 101.2.9
    • 101.1
    • 2020.2.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Point Release
      • Added Features
      • Bug fixes
    • 2020.1 Point Release
  • Roadmap
• Archicad
  • Overview
  • Install Instructions
  • User Manual
    • Open/Close Control Palette
    • Hide Palette
    • Send to View
    • Publish Project
    • Export as Prop
    • Omniverse Connection
    • About
    • Settings
    • Live Sync
• Blender
  • Overview
    • App or Connector?
    • How do I learn Blender?
  • Omniverse / Blender Manual
    • Importing USD Files
      • USD Import
      • Actions
    • Exporting USD Files
      • USD Export
      • Attributes
      • Cycles Settings
      • Mesh Settings
      • Primitive Types
      • Stage Options
      • Conversions
      • Textures
      • Experimental
      • Actions
  • Omniverse Blender Material Templates
    • Access the Omniverse Material
  • Converting Your Existing Materials
  • Omniverse Panel
    • File Handling
    • Omni Particles
    • Material Bake
    • Convert Material
  • Release Notes
    • 3.1.0-usd.100.1.10
    • 3.0.0-usd.100.1.3
    • Initial Release
  • Known Issues
• Character Creator
  • Overview
  • User Manual
    • Getting Started
      • Getting Started Part 1
      • Getting Started Part 2
    • Installation Instructions
    • Usage Instructions
    • File Update with Live Sync
  • Release Notes
    • 3.44
      • General
      • Export
      • Material & Texture
      • IBL (Image Based Lighting)
    • 3.43
      • General
      • Export
      • Fixed
    • Initial Release
      • General
      • Character
      • Material & Texture
      • Live Sync
      • Light
      • IBL (Image Based Lighting)
  • Roadmap
• iClone
  • Overview
  • User Manual
    • Getting Started
    • Getting Started with iClone Connector
    • Flexible Contents Update
  • Installation Instructions
  • File Update with Live Sync
  • Release Notes
    • Initial Release
      • General
      • Character
      • Prop
      • Material & Texture
      • Camera
      • Light
      • IBL (Image Based Lighting)
      • Others
      • Live-Sync
  • Roadmap
• Connect Sample
  • Overview
    • Omni CLI
    • HelloWorld (C++)
      • The sample demonstrates how to:
    • HelloWorld (Python)
    • OmniUSDAWatcher (C++)
      • The “watcher” demonstrates how to:
  • Launcher
  • Configuring MSVC (Advanced)
    • Changing the Windows 10 SDK (Advanced)
  • Creating a Windows USD App from the Omniverse Connect Sample
    • Dependencies for Omniverse Client Library and USD
    • Project Settings
      • Linker Settings
      • C/C++ Compiler Settings
      • Post-build Event to Copying Runtime Dependencies
    • Simple App Overview
    • OmniUSDReader.cpp
  • Release Notes
    • 103.1 Point Release
    • 102.1 Point Release
    • 101.1 Point Release
    • 100.2 Update
    • 100.1 Point Release
• Houdini
  • Overview
• Maya
  • Overview
    • Supported Versions
    • Install Instructions
  • User Interface
    • Signing-In
    • Main Menu
    • USD Menu
    • Help Menu
    • USD Export File Browser
      • Exporting With Maya
    • Open and Import USD Browsers
      • Options
    • Omniverse Shelf
    • Omniverse Settings
      • General Settings
      • Live Settings
  • Usage
    • Connect USD
      • Using the Connect USD tool in Maya (Video)
    • USD Variants in Maya
      • Creating Variants in Maya
      • Exporting Variants
    • Materials
      • Understanding MDLs
      • MDL Settings in Maya
      • Templates and Collections
      • Connecting MDL Templates and MDL Collections
      • Loading External MDL Templates and Collections (Video)
      • MDLs and The Hypershade
      • Exporting MDLs to the Omniverse
      • Include MDL’s when Sending Model Data
      • Send MDLs Without Model Data
      • UDIM Materials
    • Live Sync
      • Maya Live Sync with Skeletal Mesh
    • Lights
    • Rendering
    • Point Cache
      • Prop + Vertex Cache
  • Scripting
    • USD Python Binding
    • Maya Plugin Script APIs
    • Loading the Plugin
    • Connect to an Omniverse Server
      • Check Connection Status
      • Set User Name and Log in
      • Set up available servers
      • Set Up Current Server
      • Inform C++ Plugin
      • Connect to Server
      • Update Status
    • Export USD
      • Setting up Export Mode types
      • Prop
      • Skeletal Mesh
      • Point Cache
      • Export/Live-Sync All
      • Export/Live-Sync Selected
      • Export/Live-Sync Visible
      • Always Export GeomSubsets
    • Other exporting options:
      • Turn on “Use Animation”
      • Set Animation Start-Frame
      • Set Animation End-Frame
      • Set Animation step
      • Normalize Skin Weights
      • Bake Skin Bind position
      • Include MDL
      • Embedded MDL option
      • Include Cameras
      • Include Lights
      • Live Sync
    • Import USD
    • List Command
      • Show File/Folder Name
      • Show Folder/File Modify Date
      • Show Each Folder/File Author
    • Cache
      • Check Cache Status
      • Enable Caching
    • Plug-in Load Time
    • MDL Materials
      • List MDL Materials
      • Alternative List MDL
      • Upgrade MDL Materials
    • Record Time
      • Record Time of Server Connect and Load
      • Record time to load templates
      • Record time to load Collection
      • Pick one file name
    • Loading the Plug-In
  • Supported & Unsupported Features
    • Supported Features
      • USD
      • Other
    • Unsupported Features
    • USD
    • Materials
    • General
  • Release Notes
    • 102.4
    • 102.3
    • 102.2.3
    • 102.1
    • 101.1
    • 100.3.0
    • 100.1.26
    • 2020.2.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Point Release
      • File Support
      • Animation
      • Materials
      • Lighting
      • Other
    • 2020.1 Point Release
      • General
      • Materials
      • Bug fixes
      • Animation
      • Lights
    • 2019.2
      • General
      • Materials and MDL
      • Live
      • Light Support
      • Camera Support
      • USD Skel Export Support
      • Local Workflow
  • Roadmap
• ParaView
  • Overview
  • Features
  • Install Instructions
  • Configure the connector in ParaView’s settings
  • Test the connector using the ParaView ‘wavelet’ source
  • Volumes and OpenVDB
  • Usage with Python
  • MPI environments
  • Release Notes
    • Connect 100.0.0
  • Feature Limitations
    • Synchronization with Omniverse
    • Geometry
    • Volumes
    • Object appearance
• CityEngine
  • Installation Instructions
  • Usage Manual
    • Sending Models to Omniverse
    • Updating a prior export
    • Export Option Reference
  • Release Notes
    • Version 0.9.3 (Launcher Package 100.1.23)
    • Version 0.9.2
    • Version 0.9.1
    • Version 0.9.0
  • Known Limitations
• Revit
  • Overview
  • Install Instructions
  • User Interface
    • Send to View
      • Send to View (Video)
      • Live Sync (Video)
    • Publish Project
    • Export as Prop
    • Live Sync
    • Account
    • Settings
    • About
    • File creation from Send to View, Publish Project or Export as Prop
  • Materials
    • CSV and Materials
    • CSV File Structure
      • Using Spreadsheet Tools
      • Format
      • Examples
  • Release Notes
    • Connect 106.1.2076
      • Added
      • Fixed
    • Connect 105.1.2052
      • Fixed
      • Added
    • Connect 104.2.2017
      • Fixed
    • Connect 104.1.1972
      • Features:
      • Fixes:
    • Connect 102.1.1926
    • Connect 101.1.2
    • Connect 100.2.0
    • Connect 100.1
    • 2020.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Point Release
      • New Features
      • Bug Fixes
    • Known Limitations
• Rhino
  • Overview
  • Install Instructions
  • Enabling the Omniverse Panel
  • Connecting to VIEW® (Local)
  • User Interface
    • Send to NVIDIA Omniverse™ View
      • Send to NVIDIA Omniverse™ View from Rhino (Video)
    • Export
    • Export as Prop
    • Sign-In
    • Settings
    • Help
    • Live sync
    • About
    • File creation from Send to View, Publish Project or Export as Prop
  • Materials
    • Material Mapper
    • Rhino Materials
    • Core Library Materials (CSV)
      • CSV File Structure
      • Using Spreadsheet Tools
      • Format
      • Examples
  • Grasshopper
    • Send to View (Video)
    • Live Sync (Video)
    • Grasshopper Components
    • Main Components
      • OmniGrasshopper Component
      • OmniGroup Component
      • OmniBrowser Component
      • OmniMaterial Component
    • Light Components
      • Adding Lights (Video)
      • OmniSphereLight Component
      • OmniCylinderLight Component
      • OmniDiskLight Component
      • OmniRectangleLight Component
      • MeshBulb_Primitive Component
    • Connecting Models for Output
      • Connecting Simulation Results as Output
    • Exporting Grasshopper Data to the OMNIVERSE®
      • Add Simulation Data Support (Video)
      • Publishing Grasshopper Data on the OMNIVERSE®
      • Publish as Prop
      • Publish as Project
    • Using Grasshopper in Live mode
      • Sending Grasshopper Models to NVIDIA Omniverse™ View
  • Release Notes
    • Connect 105.1.541
      • Fixed
      • Added
      • Known Limitations
    • Connect 102.1.418
    • Connect 100.2.1
    • Connect 100.1.0
      • Rhino
      • Grasshopper
    • 2020.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Point Release
      • New Features
      • Bug Fixes
  • Known Limitations
    • Settings
    • Geometry
    • Materials
    • Lighting
    • Animation
    • Cameras
• SketchUp
  • Overview
  • Installing the Connector
  • Connecting to Omniverse View (Local)
  • User Interface
    • Send to View
      • Send to View from SketchUp (Video)
    • Publish Project
    • Publish Prop
    • Sign-In
    • Settings
    • Help
    • About
  • Materials
    • CSV and Materials
    • CSV File Structure
      • Using Spreadsheet Tools
      • Format
      • Examples
  • Release Notes
    • Known Limitations
      • Sketchup 2020
    • 106.1.516
      • Live Sync
      • Push Changes to Omniverse
    • 104.2.485
      • Fixed
      • Added
      • Known Limitations
    • 104.1.461
      • Features:
      • Fixes:
    • Connect 102.1.428
    • Connect 101.1.419
    • Connect 101.1.411
    • Connect 100.1
    • 2020.2 Hotfix
    • 2020.2 Point Release
      • New Features
      • Bug Fixes
• Unreal Engine 4
  • Overview
    • Introduction (Video)
    • Supported Versions
    • USD and MDL in UE4
    • Assets Loading and Caching
    • A Note about the Epic Games USDImporter Plugin
  • Usage Instructions
    • Project Settings
    • Connecting
    • Removing a Server
    • Live Mode
    • Cleaning Local Assets
    • Opening USD Files
      • Importing Audio2Face Facial Animation Introduced in 103.1
    • Saving USD Files
    • Copying Omniverse URLs
    • The Omniverse USD Layers Tab
    • 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
      • Import/Open (From USD)
      • Export (To USD)
      • Live Workflow
    • Unsupported
      • Packaging
      • Blueprints
      • Level Sequences
      • Materials
      • Meshes
      • Commandlet Limitations
  • Release Notes
    • 103.3 Hotfix
      • Deprecated
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 103.2 Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 103.1 Point Release
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 102.6 Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 102.5 (4.27 only) Hotfix
      • Features
      • Changes
    • 102.4 (4.27 only) Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
    • 102.3 Hotfix
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 102.2 (4.27 only) Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 102.1 Point Release
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 101.2 Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
      • Notes
    • 101.1 Point Release
      • Highlights
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.6 Hotfix
      • Highlights
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.5 Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.4: Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.3: Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.2: Hotfix
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 100.1: Point Release
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
      • Changes
    • 2020.2: Hotfix 2
      • Bugs
    • 2020.2: Hotfix 1
      • Bugs
      • Changes
    • 2020.2: Point Release
      • Features
      • Bug Fixes
    • 2020.1: Hotfix
      • Bug Fixes
      • Features
    • 2020.1: Point Release
      • Changes

Learning and Feedback

• Nvidia On-Demand Video List
  • Product
  • Type
  • Topic
  • Partner
• Documentation Fix Request
• General Feedback

Licenses

• Omniverse License
  • 1. Definitions.
  • 2. License.
  • 3. Distribution Requirements.
  • 4. Authorized Users.
  • 5. Limitations.
  • 6. Updates and Support.
  • 7. Log-In Information.
  • 8. Pre-Release Versions.
  • 9. Components Under Other Licenses.
  • 10. Ownership.
  • 11. Feedback.
  • 12. Contribution.
  • 13. Data Collection.
  • 14. No Warranties.
  • 15. Limitations Of Liability.
  • 16. Termination.
  • 17. General
  • 1. Scope.
  • 2. Services.
  • 3. Exclusions.
  • 4. Your Responsibilities.
  • 5. Service Fees; Payment Terms.
  • 6. Definitions.
• Other Licenses
  • -release License
  • -release License
  • DeltaFormatPlugins.linux64_release License
  • MarkupSafe License
  • NVIDIA License
  • OmniverseKit License
  • PIP-packages Licenses
  • PyInstaller License
  • PyYAML License
  • aftermath License
  • aiohttp License
  • altgraph License
  • animx License
  • anselcontrolsdk License
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  • api_server License
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  • async_timeout License
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  • breakpad License
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  • client-library License
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  • compile-time-regular-expressions License
  • compile-time-regular-expressions License
  • concurrentqueue License
  • concurrentqueue License
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  • cpp License
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