UNIVERSAL SCENE DESCRIPTION - Comes from Pixar and it starting to be a standard for small and big studios. Is a file format, very similar to Alembic, or OBJ or FBX, can be Imported and Exported and it can contain link to another files and much more…

USD Vocabulary Primer.pdf

MODIFY USD Geometry

• USD can be modified within LOPs with SOP Modify LOP. Once SOP Modify LOP is invoked we can either check “Unpack USD Primitives to Polygons” inside Parameter Editor or dive into the SOP Modify and use Unpack USD to Polygons