Module Setup: Creating Composition Arcs#

Setup Required Tools#

This module uses usdview and Python. If you haven’t done so yet, please follow the Installing usdview and Setting Up Python instructions before proceeding.

Get the Exercise Content#

This module includes interactive exercises to give you hands-on experience. This section will walk you through how to download and install the exercise content.

  1. Download the required Creating Composition Arcs exercise content.

  2. Extract the folder.

  3. Open the root folder for the OpenUSD binaries in Visual Studio Code. We named this folder usd_root/ in the above sections. If you have not installed usdview refer to full installation instructions.

  4. Copy the extracted folder into usd_root/ by dragging and dropping it into the Explorer section of Visual Studio Code. If prompted about adding the folder to the workspace, select Copy Folder.

The folder we want to copy over is the composition_arcs folder.

Activate Your Python Environment#

If you have set up a virtual Python environment using our virtual environment instructions, then run the appropriate command for your operating system in the terminal within Visual Studio Code to start your virtual Python environment.

Shell

Command to activate virtual environment

bash/zsh

 
source python-usd-venv/bin/activate

fish

 
source python-usd-venv/bin/activate.fish

csh/tcsh

 
source python-usd-venv/bin/activate.csh

cmd.exe

 
python-usd-venv\Scripts\activate.bat

PowerShell

 
python-usd-venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

You’ll need to adapt the commands above if you named your virtual environment differently.

Attention

All exercises will assume Visual Studio Code is open in the usd_root/. See video above for reference.