USDSTITCHCLIPS(1)

NAME
usdstitchclips - manual page for usdstitchclips 26.08

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