Maya USD Export

This repo contains shelf tools for exporting Maya animations as USD files.

Features

• Simplified inteface for exporting animated assets
• Capable of exporting static, animated, or cfx meshes
• Custom export location
• Custom frame range

Installation

Requirements

• Autodesk Maya
• Maya USD Plugin
• Maya Alembic Plugin

Step 1. Add to maya scripts directory

located at '''~/maya/scripts``` on linux

Step 2. Run the code within mayas script editor or shelf tool

import maya_usd_export
maya_usd_export.start_interface()

Rig Requirements

Following groups in heirarchy require specific attributes for CFX export:

• USD_typeName:
  • grp_rig
  • geo
  • render
  • muscle
  • bone
• joints_grp
  • skin_joint

Currently grp_joints must exist for joints_grp attr to be found

The current selection algorithm expects a rig with the following heirarcy naming:

Development

Dependencies

pytest

/usr/autodesk/maya/bin/mayapy -m pip install pytest

Resources

usd export command