Maya Interactive Groom Export

Maya Interactive Grooms from Xgen can be exported directly to USD with the Omniverse Maya (Legacy) Connector.

Export Settings

Setting	Options	Description
Wrap	Non-periodic	Wrap Non-periodic is a smooth open curve with two phantom points at the start/end of the curve extend from previous two points.
Wrap	Periodic	Wrap Periodic is a smooth closed curve. Periodic curves stay smooth when you edit them.
Wrap	Pinned	Wrap Pinned is a smooth open curve from linear curve points, final curve snap to start and end points without phantom points. This is a default mode for curve in Omniverse-Kit.
UV Interp Type	Uniform	Note This use less memory but you have only access to texture assignment to per-strand. Default for Omniverse-Kit UV interpolation Type Uniform is usd texture primvars setting that sets texture coordinate to texCoord2f[] primvars:st1 per curve strand from Root. Example - 1 hair strand consist with 4 vertex will have texCoord2f[] count of 1.
UV Interp Type	Vertex	USD texture primvars setting that sets texture coordinate to texCoord2f[] primvars:st1 per vertex inherited from Root. Example - 1 hair stand consist with 4 vertex will have texCoord2f[] count of 4. .. figure:: /images/connect_maya_hair_interp_vertex.png

Note

Known Limitation - Hair Groom cannot be exported with Animation or as animation clip.

To export an xgen groom, first be sure there is an xgen groom in the maya scene.