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Support USD files as 3D scenes in Peek #26466

Open FrancoisGrosbellet opened 1 year ago

FrancoisGrosbellet commented 1 year ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

USD files would be viewed as 3D scenes instead of text files when previewed with Peek.

In a similar fashion to the macOS USD preview, basic 3d controls would available: zooming, panning, and rotating the camera.

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Scenario when this would be used?

This feature is strongly relevant for developers and artists working on a USD pipelines, where USD files needs to be opened quickly on a regular basis.

Supporting information

USD files types:

(The following information are pasted from #13982)

Check out Activision repository to find out more.

Demo USD file

Supporting information Document: https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/Introduction-to-USD.html

File explorer preview USD https://github.com/Activision/USDShellExtension

Export to glTF from USD https://github.com/google/usd_from_gltf

dkBorIgn commented 1 year ago

This would be extremely useful.