usdstitchclips(1)

USDSTITCHCLIPS(1) User Commands USDSTITCHCLIPS(1)

NAME

usdstitchclips - manual page for usdstitchclips 26.5

DESCRIPTION

usage: usdstitchclips [-h] [-o OUT] [-c CLIPPATH] [-s STARTTIMECODE]

[-r STRIDE] [-e ENDTIMECODE] [-t] [-p TEMPLATEPATH]
[--clipSet CLIPSET] [--activeOffset ACTIVEOFFSET] [--interpolateMissingClipValues] [-n] usdFiles [usdFiles ...]

Stitch multiple usd file(s) together into one using value clips. An example command is:

usdstitchclips --out result.usd --clipPath /World/fx/Particles_Splash clip1.usd clip2.usd

This will produce two files, a result.topology.usd and a result.usd.

positional arguments:

usdFiles

options:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-o, --out OUT
specify the filename for the top-level result file, which also serves as base-name for the topology and manifest files.
-c, --clipPath CLIPPATH
specify a prim path at which to begin stitching clip data.
-s, --startTimeCode STARTTIMECODE
specify the time at which the clips will become active
-r, --stride STRIDE
specify a stride for the numeric component of filenames for template metadata
-e, --endTimeCode ENDTIMECODE
specify the time at which the clips will cease being active
-t, --templateMetadata
author template clip metadata in the root layer.
-p, --templatePath TEMPLATEPATH
specify a template asset path to author
--clipSet CLIPSET
specify a named clipSet in which to author clip metadata, so that multiple sets of clips can be applied on the same prim.
--activeOffset ACTIVEOFFSET
specify an offset for template-based clips, offsetting the frame number of each clip file.
--interpolateMissingClipValues
specify whether values for clips without authored samples are interpolated from surrounding clips if no default value is authored in any clip.
-n, --noComment
do not write a comment specifying how the usd file was generated
May 2026 usdstitchclips 26.5