Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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USD is the future of large scale production workflows. In this video, I show you how to cache Maya animation to a native USD cache and vice versa.

For more information on USD, check out these resources:
Pixar's official USD Home: graphics.pixar.com/usd/release/index.html
My primer on USD for artists: youtube.com/watch?v=SaBXE4yQetk
Find my living room scene here: areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/living_room_USD.zip

Create an epic robot battle in USD and Bifrost!: youtu.be/FwqS7f8Vb9k
Maya USD on GitHub: github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd
Catch up with Maya (USD content at 10:00): youtu.be/95h-3irNSCs

00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Exporting a Maya animation
01:32 - Creating a new USD layer
02:01 - Referencing the Maya animation
02:58 - Caching the reference to native USD data
03:34 - Editing the animation after caching