Pixar's Universal Scene Description
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Author: Pixar Animation Studios
Requires Python: >=3.8, <3.14
Classifiers
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
Operating System
- POSIX :: Linux
- MacOS :: MacOS X
- Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 10
Environment
- Console
Topic
- Multimedia :: Graphics
Universal Scene Description (USD) is a system that scalably encodes and interchanges static and time-sampled 3D geometry, shading and lighting data between Digital Content Creation applications. Domain-specific schema modules define the geometry, shading, and lighting encoding atop USD's domain-agnostic core. It provides a low-level data model that supports plugin implementations, and a scenegraph built on top of a multi-threaded "composition engine" for creating complex scenes out of reusable, modular assets.
This package provides the core USD libraries. It does not provide any of the optional plugins or imaging features from the full USD distribution.
26.3
Feb 24, 2026
25.11
Oct 24, 2025
25.8
Jul 31, 2025
25.5.1
May 20, 2025
25.5
Apr 28, 2025
25.2.post1
Feb 04, 2025
25.2
Jan 21, 2025
24.11
Oct 25, 2024
24.8
Jul 25, 2024
24.5
Apr 19, 2024
24.3
Feb 23, 2024
23.11
Oct 26, 2023
23.8
Jul 22, 2023
23.5
Apr 19, 2023
23.2
Jan 25, 2023
22.11
Oct 21, 2022
22.8
Jul 21, 2022
22.5.post1
May 12, 2022
22.5
Apr 22, 2022
22.3
Feb 18, 2022
21.11
Nov 01, 2021
21.8
Jul 15, 2021
21.5
Apr 12, 2021
21.2
Jan 20, 2021
20.11
Dec 01, 2020
Wheel compatibility matrix
| Platform | CPython 3.8 | CPython 3.9 | CPython 3.10 | CPython 3.11 | CPython 3.12 | CPython 3.13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| macosx_10_15_universal2 | ||||||
| manylinux_2_27_x86_64 | ||||||
| manylinux_2_28_x86_64 | ||||||
| win_amd64 |
Files in release
usd_core-26.3-cp310-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.5MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp310-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.2MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp310-none-win_amd64.whl (12.7MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp311-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.5MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp311-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.2MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp311-none-win_amd64.whl (12.7MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp312-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.6MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp312-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.1MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp312-none-win_amd64.whl (12.8MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp313-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.6MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp313-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.2MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp313-none-win_amd64.whl (12.8MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp38-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.5MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp38-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.2MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp38-none-win_amd64.whl (12.7MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp39-none-macosx_10_15_universal2.whl (37.5MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp39-none-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (27.2MiB)
usd_core-26.3-cp39-none-win_amd64.whl (12.7MiB)
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