In nuce: Version 7.0 of Multiverse | USD has been released. This was announced by J Cube via its online presence. Multiverse | USD is, as the name suggests, a USD solution for Maya.
What features does Multiverse | USD 7.0 offer? The new features include the following:
- HydraVP2 Viewport (combines Maya Viewport with the rendering framework from USD Hydra)
- Maya Shading Networks can be created (there is no dependency on MaterialX)
- MEOW (Multiverse Explore and Override Window) can now also assign USD materials – which can also be overwritten
- Now also supports Python 2 & 3. Python 3 is also supported with Maya 2022 and 2023
- Further features: That was just a brief outline. More exciting new features await you!
Click further: You can find out which functions are included in version 7.0 in the corresponding release note on j-cube.jp. By the way: On 18 August 2020 , we reported on the release of Multiverse | USD version 6.5. Because there is hardly a better way to compare what has changed in terms of functionality since the last version.
