This is AYON Addon for support of USD.

It helps to distribute USD binaries and related tools to artist workstations and to configure its environment.

USD is a modern, open-source, scene description and file format developed by Pixar Animation Studios. It is used for interchanging 3D graphics data between applications and for rendering.

Goal of this addon is to help distribute USD binaries:

• USD build for supported platforms.
• USD AR2 plugin for some supported DCCs.
• USD Tools (usdcat, usdedit, usdinfo, usdview, usdzip) coming with USD build.
• Standalone tools for AYON - USD interoperation.

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Run .\tools\manage.ps1 create-env on Windows or ./tools/manage.sh create-env on Linux.
3. Run .\tools\manage.ps1 build on Windows or ./tools/manage.sh build on Linux.
4. In AYON, go to Studio Settings -> Bundles -> Install Addons... and select the ./package/ayon_usd-x.x.x.zip file.
5. Upload the Addon and let the server restart after installation is done.
6. Use new addon in your bundles.

In addon settings, you can configure mapping between USD Resolver plugin and you DCCs. App Name is the name of the DCC application, like maya/2025 corresponding to the Application addon settings. Then there is a platform settings, where you can specify the platform for which the USD Asset Resolver plugin is used. Lastly, there is a URL to the USD Asset Resolver plugin zip matching the platform and the DCC application.

ayon+settings://ayon_usd/asset_resolvers is the key for the settings.