OpenUSD Exchange SDK Changelog#
1.0.0#
Core#
Features#
Added
usdex_core
shared library andusdex.core
python module, which provide higher-level convenience functions on top of lower-level OpenUSD concepts, so developers can quickly adopt OpenUSD best practices when mapping their native data sources to OpenUSD-legible data models.
Pybind#
Features#
Added
usdex/pybind
, a header-only cxx utility to enable seamless flow betweenpybind11
&boost_python
.Added bindings for all USD types exposed in the public API of the
usdex_core
libraryNote: A minimal subset of USD types is supported. More types may be added in the future.
RTX#
Features#
Added
usdex_rtx
shared library andusdex.rtx
python module, which provide utility functions for creating, editing, and queryingUsdShade
data models which represent MDL Materials and Shaders for use with the RTX Renderer.
Test#
Features#
Added
usdex.test
, a python module which providesunittest
based test utilities for validating in-memory OpenUSD data for consistency and correctness.Added
usdex/test
, a header-only cxx utility which provides a more minimal set ofdoctest
based test utilities.
Dev Tools#
Features#
Added
install_usdex
tool to download and install precompiled OpenUSD Exchange binaries and all of its runtime dependencies.This tool supports a variety of USD flavors & versions. See
repo install_usdex --help
or the online docs for details.
Vendored
omni.asset_validator
python module for validating that USD Data output is compliant and conforms to expected standards.This can be installed via
repo install_usdex --install-test
Documentation#
Added C++ and Python API docs for all public functions and classes.
Added Getting Started article to help learn about & integrate the SDK into a project.
Added Authoring USD Data article to briefly introduce each group of functions from
usdex_core
andusdex_rtx
.Added Runtime Requirements article to exhaustively list the files required by our runtime.
Added Deployment Options article explaining how to approach common deployments (e.g cli, docker container, DCC Plugin)
Added License Notices article covering OpenUSD Exchange SDK and all its runtime dependencies.
Added Dev Tools article to explain
install_usdex
and Omni Asset Validator.
Dependencies#
Runtime Deps#
OpenUSD 24.08 (default), 24.05, 23.11
Omni Transcoding 1.0.0
Omni Asset Validator 0.14.2
pybind 2.11.1
Dev Tools#
packman 7.24.1
repo_tools (all matching latest public)
doctest 2.4.5
cxxopts 2.2.0
Premake 5.0.0-beta2
GCC 11.4.0
MSVC 2019-16.11
Python 3.10.15 (default), 3.11.10