Introduction to Public Beta of Pixar's USD for Autodesk 3ds Max®: Workflow and Rendering with Arnold

Explore the new public Beta of Pixar's USD integration for Autodesk 3ds Max 2022.

In this video I will walk through the basics of using the new plugin and how to import and export USD data to Autodesk 3ds Max. I will also show you how you can render a USD asset in 3ds Max with the Arnold renderer. This can work with any USD data but also data that has been created in another package like Autodesk Maya and contains a full structure with rendering setup with assigned shaders.

00:00​ Introduction
01:18 Documentation and How to Install
02:32​ Basic intro and importing USD
07:40​ Exporting USD
10:46 Importing selective objects from hierarchy
11:54 Exporting as USDZ data
13:20 Importing USD data from Maya
17:43 Rendering USD data with Arnold

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3ds Max 2022 Help | Autodesk

3ds Max 2022 Help | USD for 3ds Max | Autodesk

If you want to provide feedback to Autodesk while using the plugin, click the feedback button in the upper right corner of the import and export option boxes. It will take you to this feedback page:

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Pixar intro to USD -

Useful primers for USD -

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Thanks. This has some real interesting possibilities