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Autodesk has released the first binaries for Maya USD in version 0.1.0. The tool is intended for using Pixar Animation Studios’ Universal Scene Description. The binaries are currently only intended for Maya 2020.
Download and Installation
The release is available here on Github and contains files for Windows, Linux and macOS. Installation under Windows works as follows:
- Unzip: Usd-20.02-Windows-python2.7.zip to C:\Users\ <username>\Documents \maya\2020\bin\USD
- Unzip: MayaUsd-0.1.0-Windows-RelWithDebInfo.zip to C:\Users\<username> \Documents\maya\2020\plug-ins\MayaUSD
- Copy: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\maya\2020\plug-ins\MayaUSD\ mayaUSD.mod TO: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\maya\2020\modules
- Run Maya
Further information and the download link can be found on Github
