Blender USD Export Guide
Learn how to export USD from Blender for 3D asset streaming, including textures, dome lights, and USD Preview Surface materials. In this Blender USD export tutorial, Max (Assets Technical Director at Miris) walks through the complete workflow for preparing OpenUSD files for web-based 3D streaming.
What you'll learn:
How to import and structure USD assets in Blender
Making file paths relative for clean USD exports
Unpacking and preserving external textures
Setting up color space: sRGB display / ACES 2.0
Adding an HDRI dome light and compensating for viewer lighting differences
Configuring USD Preview Surface and MaterialX shaders
Setting scene units to meters for correct scale
Exporting USD with textures preserved and relative paths enabled
Packaging your asset folder for upload
Timestamps:
0:00 — Overview
0:52 — Import asset & folder structure
2:44 — Make paths relative & unpack resources
4:05 — Set render engine, color space
4:29 — Add dome light (HDRI)
5:04 — Compensate for Miris lighting (multiply node setup)
8:22 — Set scene units to meters
8:51 — Export USD settings
9:55 — Package files for upload
Questions? Reach out at https://www.miris.com/contact-us — we're happy to help.
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