How does OpenUSD UsdVol represent OpenVDB volumes and their animation over time?
At OpenUSD v26.08 (ee47c679), a Volume binds fields through 'field'-prefixed relationships, an OpenVDBAsset field is animated by authoring filePath time samples per frame (the overview example maps frames 101-104 to separate .vdb files) because '$F' pattern substitution is not supported, fieldDataType must be authored (a missing value is an error) and fieldClass maps to OpenVDB grid classes; the same schema file defines ParticleField prims.
At OpenUSD v26.08 (ee47c679), a Volume binds fields through 'field'-prefixed relationships, an OpenVDBAsset field is animated by authoring filePath time samples per frame (the overview example maps frames 101-104 to separate .vdb files) because '$F' pattern substitution is not supported, fieldDataType must be authored (a missing value is an error) and fieldClass maps to OpenVDB grid classes; the same schema file defines ParticleField prims.
Curator qualifications: No interpolation statement found in schema or overview (producer negative, curator grep agrees for these two files only). ParticleField schema details covered in CA-B035 (T1-02). Schema text reading only; no USD stage composed.
Limitations: Schema text reading only; no USD stage composed.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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"url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/v26.08/pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda",
"note": "pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda at tag v26.08 (= ee47c679 via gh api -X GET commits/v26.08): Volume doc lines 24-43, FieldAsset filePath lines 70-80 and fieldDataType ~95, OpenVDBAsset lines 138-162; usdVol/overview.dox lines 84-110"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/v26.08/pxr/usd/usdVol/overview.dox",
"note": "pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda at tag v26.08 (= ee47c679 via gh api -X GET commits/v26.08): Volume doc lines 24-43, FieldAsset filePath lines 70-80 and fieldDataType ~95, OpenVDBAsset lines 138-162; usdVol/overview.dox lines 84-110"
}
]
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] At OpenUSD v26.08 (ee47c679), a Volume binds fields through 'field'-prefixed relationships, an OpenVDBAsset field is animated by authoring filePath time samples per frame (the overview example maps frames 101-104 to separate .vdb files) because '$F' pattern substitution is not supported, fieldDataType must be authored (a missing value is an error) and fieldClass maps to OpenVDB grid classes; the same schema file defines ParticleField prims. · locator: pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda at tag v26.08 (= ee47c679 via gh api -X GET commits/v26.08): Volume doc lines 24-43, FieldAsset filePath lines 70-80 and fieldDataType ~95, OpenVDBAsset lines 138-162; usdVol/overview.dox lines 84-110 source
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| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources. |