Sublayers

In this lesson we’ll dive into the fundamental concepts of sublayers, which form the backbone of USD’s composition system. In this module, we will:

• Define layers and sublayers in the context of OpenUSD, and explain their roles in scene composition.

• Identify when and why to use sublayers in USD workflows.

• Create and manipulate sublayers using usdview and Python.

• Implement sublayers to organize USD content from multiple workstreams effectively.

• Debug and troubleshoot sublayer composition using usdview’s Layer Stack view.

In the following sections we will take a closer look at:

• What Are Sublayers?
• Exercise: Working with Sublayers
• Sublayers FAQ