Version 0.18.0

Release Highlights:

Compiled with USD 21.11
Upgraded to MaterialX 1.38.4

• Improved support for MaterialX including
  • Support for 1.38.4
  • Exposing the colorCorrect node
  • Support for AMD’s MaterialX library
  • MaterialX display on MacOS
• Correct support for Default Lighting Intensity
• Added support for merging offset parent matrix
• Added mesh export options to preserve and remap UV set names
• Prevent recursive edit as Maya
• Fix target layer moves & stays on session layer when editing as Maya data
• Multiple UI fixes including
  • Merge Maya edits to USD option box: “cancel” button should be “close”
  • Add Layer Editor menu item to the context menu of edited-as-Maya objects
  • Add contextual menu to bind materials
• General stability fixes

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Version 0.17.0

Release Highlights:

• Compiled with USD 21.11 and MaterialX 1.38.3
• Fixes to Edit as Maya workflows including
  • Selection persistence
  • Stability improvements to Undo/Redo
  • Loss of geometry or texture shaders
• Performance issues resolved when selecting many USD entities
• Delete key now clears a prim instead of de-activating it
• Documentation Improvements
• Fixed localization issues in Chinese Versions
• Marking Maya-to-Hydra (MtoH) as "Experimental"
• General stability fixes

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Version 0.16.0

Release Highlights:

• Compiled with USD 21.11 and MaterialX 1.38.3
  • Basic interop of standard surface and preview surface via MaterialX node definitions and UsdShade is available in binaries.
  • Visualization of UsdShade + MaterialX node definitions in VP2RenderDelegate is available in binaries.
  • Support for AMD MaterialX Library
• Added UsdSkel CPU compute support for VP2RenderDelegate
• Added documentation for new translation framework APIs (API schema adapters and job context)
• AL_USDMaya ProxyDrawOverride/ProxyShapeSelect removal
• Performance improvements for viewport selection
• General stability fixes

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Version 0.15.0

Release Highlights:

• Compiled with USD v21.08
• General stability fixes have been addressed across the plugin
• You can now lock/unlock USD attributes from Maya's Attribute Editor
• Python bindings for chasers are available
• UI for import/export dialogs to support Job Contexts
• Implement minimal merge of modified data when merging back to USD after editing in Maya
• Unloaded prims now appear in the outliner consistently
• The instanceable state of prims can now be toggled from the outliner context menu.

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Version 0.14.0

Highlights:

• Compiled with USD v21.08
• General stability fixes have been addressed across the plugin
• Python Bindings for all translation framework entry points
• Multi-material export support has been added
• Basis curve import support
• import/export support for face-based ComponentTags

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Version 0.13.0

This release includes the following improvements:

• Compiled with USD v0.21.08
• General stability fixes have been addressed across the plugin
• Python Bindings for Prim translation, Chasers, and Schema Adaptor registration
• Improved export of blendshapes and standard surface
• Improved support for GeomNurbsCurve import
• Added support for managing the editability of attributes with the mayaLock metadata
• Added new selection menu entries to select by point instancers, instances or prototypes
• Added support for managing the selectability of prims in the Maya viewport

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Version 0.12.0

This release includes the following improvements:

• Adopted USD version 21.05
• Added support for standardSurface opacity Import/Export
• Added export roots functionality
• Added import/export support for lights

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Version 0.11.0

This release includes the following improvements:

• General Stability fixes have been addressed across the plugin
• USD 20.05 is now the minimum version
• UV set naming on export now uses st, st1, st2, etc.
• The geomSideness flag has been added to the exporter
• Restrictions on when prims can be grouped have been added
• The Proxyshape node now has shareable stage support
• Uneditable layers now show as locked in the layer editor
• Patch curves now draw as wireframe in default material mode
• Added support for the cards drawing mode in Vp2RenderDelegate
• Improved color management support

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Version 0.10.0

This release includes the following improvements:

• Stability fixes
• Adopted USD 21.02.
• Integrated 21.05 UsdPreviewSurface shader into MayaUsd plugin and improved metalic shader.
• Attribute Editor Improvements.
  • Added missing material and texture info.
  • Connected attribute visualization.
  • Added an array widget and functionality for debugging.
  • Applied Schemas now show as categories.
• Added all concrete prims to the prim creation menu.
• Instance manipulation performance improvements.
• Improved USD instance point snapping.

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Version 0.9.0

This release includes the following features for Maya 2022:

• Attribute Editor Improvements including the addition of metadata on prims and stage loading/reloading on the proxyShape.
• Point Instance manipulation support has been added.
• Attribute editing is blocked when a stronger opinion exists (with the exception of some transform stacks in manipulation).
• Material subset binding support in VP2.
• USDZ import now supports textures.
• Selection by kind can now be set from the Maya menus.
• EXR support in VP2.
• Layer Editor stability fixes.

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