See USD Resources
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This page lists content specifically focused on learning USD. This can include overviews, tutorials, or examples, for beginner to advanced audiences.
Overview / Core Concepts
- Book of USD: An introduction to core USD concepts from Remedy.
- USD Basics for Houdini Solaris: An introduction to USD from SideFX.
- Understand USD Fundamentals (video): An introduction to USD fundamentals from Apple.
- Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) for Developers (video series): Introduces 4 key features of OpenUSD and breaks them down over the course of the video series.
- Working with USD (video): An introduction to USD with Apple platforms and frameworks, from Apple.
- What is USD (video): An introduction to USD concepts from Robin-Yann Storm. Assets used in the video are available here.
In-depth Tutorials
- openusd.org Tutorials: A series of tutorials covering core concepts like composition, layering, variants, and schemas.
- NVIDIA: USD Resources: The hub of USD developer resources from NVIDIA.
- NVIDIA: Getting Started with the Basics of OpenUSD Authoring and Querying: An in-depth course on how to programmatically author and query USD data.
- NVIDIA: USD Developer Guided Learning: Learning paths, courses, coding tutorials, and video tutorials teaching USD for developers.
- USD Code Samples: Short code snippets demonstrating common tasks and features of USD.
- USD Cookbook: A set of projects and tutorials by Colin Kennedy that highlight core and advanced USD features.
