Using custom USD asset resolver plugin with kick about arnold-usd HOT 5 CLOSED

Since this is a duplicate of the existing issue #28 , I'll close this ticket.
But we can continue in the Discussions section, either if you have questions, or if you need help.

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Issue synced internally to ARNOLD-14773

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Hi, this is not possible at the moment. Arnold ships its usd support in the file usd_proc.dll that links against a static USD library, and that isn't part of the Arnold SDK.

The only way to do that would be that you recompile the usd procedural from this repository, and use that usd_proc.dll instead of the one shipped with Arnold. Then you can make it so that your asset resolver can be found by your own usd libs.

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Hi,

Thanks for anwering @sebastienblor

Hi, this is not possible at the moment. Arnold ships its usd support in the file usd_proc.dll that links against a static USD library, and that isn't part of the Arnold SDK.

When you say 'at the moment', does it mean there is a plan to facilitate this request ?

The only way to do that would be that you recompile the usd procedural from this repository, and use that usd_proc.dll instead of the one shipped with Arnold. Then you can make it so that your asset resolver can be found by your own usd libs.

I'm sorry to ask, but could you elaborate a bit (knowing that I'm not a c++ dev). You say "recompile from this repository" : do you mean the arnold-usd repo ?

Thanks

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There is a plan to allow for that, but not in the short term. The existing ticket is #28

Yes, for now you'd need to recompile the procedural node from the arnold-usd repository, against the same USD libs that you used to build your asset resolver. The build documentation is https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd/blob/master/docs/building.md (in this case you want to enable BUILD_PROCEDURAL and disable all the other "BUILD_*" options). But indeed it requires knowledge of how to compile C++ code, you'll also need precompile usd libs, etc... so it might not be trivial to do.

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