User Interface#

Omniverse Menu#

The Omniverse menu item on the Max main bar has common commands that can be used without launching the Omniverse panel, such as connection and File operations.

Max Omniverse Menu

Menu Items

Description

Show Omniverse Toolbar

If toolbar is hidden this will show the Omniverse Toolbar.

Project

Options related to Omniverse View Projects related to AEC. (Deprecated - do not use)

Publish To Project

When a View Project is open, Publish saves the changes of the current scene to the View Project. This option is only available when a View Project is linked.

Export All

Exports all exportable objects in the scene.

Export Selected

Exports only selected objects and their dependencies.

Export Visible

Exports only visible objects and their dependencies.

USD

File I/O options for USD.

Settings

Opens the Omniverse Plugin Settings Panel. See Omniverse Settings for details.

Help

Help items for the plugin.

Project Menu#

Warning

Project Menu and functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future versions of the connector.

Max Omniverse Menu

Menu Items

Description

Create New View project

Launches file dialog to set a path and project name for an AEC View Project.

Set Existing View Project

Launches file dialog to set currently opened max or USD to file to an existing AEC View Project.

Close View Project

Closes connection to the AEC View Project. This will disable Publish to Project menu option.

USD Menu#

Max Omniverse USD Menu

Menu Items

Description

Recent USD

Lists recently opened USD assets.

Import USD

Imports USD files to the current USD file.

Open USD

Open a USD File.

Save USD

Save the changes only to the current USD file. Limited functionality with materials. Some Mesh edits and modifiers may trigger a material sync.

Link to USD

Links an existing 3DS Max file to an existing USD. Initiate a live connection without re-exporting the USD.

Close USD

Closes the USD file and resets the 3DS Max file to a new blank scene.

Help Menu#

Max Omniverse Help Menu

Menu Items

Description

Max Connector Documentation

Links directly to the online documentation.

Get Support

Links to online Omniverse forums for support.

Release Notes

Links directly to the online documentation release notes.

About

Show the About dialog for the 3DS Max Omniverse plugin.

3ds Max Omniverse Toolbar#

Option

Description

Connect to Omniverse

Connect or disconnect to an Omniverse Nucleus server.

Open USD

Opens a USD file locally or on an Omniverse Nucleus server.

Save USD

Save the current USD file.

Import USD

Imports a USD file into your current scene.

Export USD

Exports current scene as USD.

Share USD

Copies the location of the USD Files. If on Nucleus, this link is shareable with other permitted Nucleus users.

Live Sync

Enables real-time “live” editing.

Participants

Shows the active participants in the current live session and which application they are using.

Create Variants

Creates a USD Variant helper.

Settings

Opens the Omniverse Plugin Settings Panel. See Omniverse Settings for details.

Help

Links to this documentation.

About

Version and technical information about the Plugin.

Known Limitations

  • When the toolbar is in a docked and compressed state on the right side of the app, the extra options arrow doesn’t reveal the cropped toolbar buttons.

  • Solution: re-dock toolbar to new position.

Omniverse Settings#

Max Omniverse General Settings

General Settings#

Max Omniverse Live Settings

Option

Description

Echo Omniverse feedback in script Editor

If enabled, prints feedback to the 3ds Max Script Listener.

Verbose Log

If enabled, prints more detailed feedback about Omniverse during Live-Update.

Enable renaming for invalid and duplicate names

If enabled, automatically fixes up names that are incompatible with USD, MDL, or Omniverse.

Display parameters on conversion of V-Ray to MDL

If enabled, allows the parameters to be user editable after the USD file is opened. This could come at a performance cost in a large scene.

Materials Search Path

Custom MDL search paths to pick up custom material templates or collections.

Live Settings#

Warning

Live Sync features are experimental and not all functionality may work as expected.

Option

Description

Selection Mode

Defines the set of objects that are Live-Update connected.

Live Transform Edits

If enabled, transform changes are Live updated.

Live Material Edits

If enabled, material edits/assignments are Live updated.

Live Camera Edits

If enabled, camera transforms and parameters are Live updated.

Live Light Edits

If enabled, light transforms and parameters are Live updated.

Live Timeline Edits

If enabled, scrubbing the timeline in 3ds Max will send the current frame as the USD file during Live update.

Live Modeling

If enabled, modeling changes will be sent during Live Update.