Release Notes
Warning
The USD ecosystem is becoming more strict in enforcing standards. In some cases this can break older assets authored previous to these changes. We have introduced an Asset Validator Extension to help fix these issues and create more robust assets. If you suspect something is wrong when you load an asset or you see a warning, please run the extension which can be found under the Asset Validator Documentation for more info or to the materials related documentation about the Asset Validator.
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2023.2.0
Release Date: Sept 2023
Added
This update primarily prioritizes stability and bug fixes
Added support for varying tile and offset inputs for file texture nodes (see image below 1)

Improved
Material Graph stability and general workflows have been improved.
Added support for clearcoat and emissive map baking to the distill and bake extension
Added varying tile and offset inputs for file texture nodes in the material graph
Small changes UsdPreviewSurface for improved rendering
Improved metallic material parity between PT (Path Traced) and RT (Real Time) render modes
Fixed
Fixed various crashes and instability issues
Fixed various issues related to regressions, pathing, parameters
Known Issues
When encountering issues run the Asset Validator