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Nick Porcino edited this page May 12, 2020 · 11 revisions

Using build club to build USD

Building USD on macOS

Building USD this way will create a local cache of all the libraries USD depends on as well as USD itself.

Pick this method if you need to exercise absolute control over the libraries and don't want to mix them in with your system paths.

Run the following in your projects directory:

  git clone https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD.git
  cd USD
  git checkout dev
  cd ..
  git clone https://github.com/vfxpro99/usd-build-club.git
  mkdir stage
  cd stage
  ../usd-build-club/build-prerequisites-macos.sh
  sudo pip install -U pyside
  sudo pip install -U pyopengl
  sudo pip install -U jinja2
  ../usd-build-club/configure-macos.sh Xcode
  cmake --build . --target install --config Release

Building USD on macOS - Experimental

Building USD this way will create a local cache of all the libraries USD depends on as well as USD itself.

Pick this method if you need to exercise absolute control over the libraries and don't want to mix them in with your system paths.

Run the following in your project directory:

  git clone https://github.com/vfxpro99/usd-build-club.git
  mkdir stage
  cd stage
  ../usd-build-club/build-macos.sh

Building USD on macOS using Brew

Building USD on macOS using Brew will install brew, USD's prerequisites, USD, and a local copy of python in your stage directory.

  git clone https://github.com/vfxpro99/usd-build-club.git
  mkdir stage
  cd stage
  ../usd-build-club/build-macos-brew.sh

When the build is complete, run the following within a terminal to initialize the run time environment:

  cd /path/to/my/stage
  source ../usd-build-club/setvars-macos-brew.sh
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