USD Tutorials

USD provides a set of tutorials in the Github repository. The tutorial code is located in the extras/usd/tutorials directory unless otherwise noted. Each tutorial indicates which version of USD it was tested with. These versions correspond to releases on Github.

Environment Setup

These tutorials use USD’s built-in Python bindings almost exclusively, and some programs in the USD Toolset rely on one another. So please set the following environment variables to successfully complete the tutorials. Make sure to use the Python interpreter corresponding to the version used to build USD (for supported Python versions see 3rd Party Library and Application Versions, note that Python 2.x is not supported). These tutorials assume the interpreter is named “python”.

Variable

Meaning

Value

PYTHONPATH

Python module search path

USD_INSTALL_ROOT/lib/python

PATH

Program search path

USD_INSTALL_ROOT/bin

On Windows also add USD_INSTALL_ROOT/lib

For more information see Advanced Build Configuration.