User Interface

Omniverse Menu

The Omniverse menu item on the Max main bar has common commands that can be used without launching the Omniverse panel, such as connection and File operations.

Menu Items	Description
Show Omniverse Toolbar	If toolbar is hidden this will show the Omniverse Toolbar.
Project	Options related to Omniverse View Projects related to AEC. (Deprecated - do not use)
Publish To Project	When a View Project is open, Publish saves the changes of the current scene to the View Project. This option is only available when a View Project is linked.
Export All	Exports all exportable objects in the scene.
Export Selected	Exports only selected objects and their dependencies.
Export Visible	Exports only visible objects and their dependencies.
USD	File I/O options for USD.
Settings	Opens the Omniverse Plugin Settings Panel. See Omniverse Settings for details.
Help	Help items for the plugin.

Project Menu

Warning

Project Menu and functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future versions of the connector.

Menu Items	Description
Create New View project	Launches file dialog to set a path and project name for an AEC View Project.
Set Existing View Project	Launches file dialog to set currently opened max or USD to file to an existing AEC View Project.
Close View Project	Closes connection to the AEC View Project. This will disable Publish to Project menu option.

USD Menu

Menu Items	Description
Recent USD	Lists recently opened USD assets.
Import USD	Imports USD files to the current USD file.
Open USD	Open a USD File.
Save USD	Save the changes only to the current USD file. Limited functionality with materials. Some Mesh edits and modifiers may trigger a material sync.
Link to USD	Links an existing 3DS Max file to an existing USD. Initiate a live connection without re-exporting the USD.
Close USD	Closes the USD file and resets the 3DS Max file to a new blank scene.

Help Menu

Menu Items	Description
Max Connector Documentation	Links directly to the online documentation.
Get Support	Links to online Omniverse forums for support.
Release Notes	Links directly to the online documentation release notes.
About	Show the About dialog for the 3DS Max Omniverse plugin.

3ds Max Omniverse Toolbar

Option	Description
Connect to Omniverse	Connect or disconnect to an Omniverse Nucleus server.
Open USD	Opens a USD file locally or on an Omniverse Nucleus server.
Save USD	Save the current USD file.
Import USD	Imports a USD file into your current scene.
Export USD	Exports current scene as USD.
Share USD	Copies the location of the USD Files. If on Nucleus, this link is shareable with other permitted Nucleus users.
Live Sync	Enables real-time “live” editing.
Participants	Shows the active participants in the current live session and which application they are using.
Create Variants	Creates a USD Variant helper.
Settings	Opens the Omniverse Plugin Settings Panel. See Omniverse Settings for details.
Help	Links to this documentation.
About	Version and technical information about the Plugin.

Known Limitations

• When the toolbar is in a docked and compressed state on the right side of the app, the extra options arrow doesn’t reveal the cropped toolbar buttons.

• Solution: re-dock toolbar to new position.

Omniverse Settings

General Settings

Option	Description
Echo Omniverse feedback in script Editor	If enabled, prints feedback to the 3ds Max Script Listener.
Verbose Log	If enabled, prints more detailed feedback about Omniverse during Live-Update.
Enable renaming for invalid and duplicate names	If enabled, automatically fixes up names that are incompatible with USD, MDL, or Omniverse.
Display parameters on conversion of V-Ray to MDL	If enabled, allows the parameters to be user editable after the USD file is opened. This could come at a performance cost in a large scene.
Materials Search Path	Custom MDL search paths to pick up custom material templates or collections.

Live Settings

Warning

Live Sync features are experimental and not all functionality may work as expected.

Option	Description
Selection Mode	Defines the set of objects that are Live-Update connected.
Live Transform Edits	If enabled, transform changes are Live updated.
Live Material Edits	If enabled, material edits/assignments are Live updated.
Live Camera Edits	If enabled, camera transforms and parameters are Live updated.
Live Light Edits	If enabled, light transforms and parameters are Live updated.
Live Timeline Edits	If enabled, scrubbing the timeline in 3ds Max will send the current frame as the USD file during Live update.
Live Modeling	If enabled, modeling changes will be sent during Live Update.