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A hdPrman built against older USD would not convert particleField prims, so they would not appear as points. Limitations. The file is identical in v26.08, v26.11.0, v26.11.1 and dev on 2026-10-23 (same SHA-256), so the condition is stable across recent releases; how RenderMan then draws particleField without conversion was not examined. The overrides values (ri:falloffshape ...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. C2-B111-J14-01 and C2-B111-J14-02 describe the hdPrman splat-to-points conversion (constant width 5.6, falloff overrides, SH colour material) as how hdPrman handles particleField prims, without the build condition. Conditions. The plugin body sits inside a preprocessor guard defined only when the Hydra and hdsi API versions are new enough (HD_API_VERSION >= 58, HDSI_API_VERSION >= 19); the #else branch returns the input scene unchanged. Method. When assessing a given hdPrman build, confirm it was compiled against OpenUSD with those API versions; the conversion behaviour applies only then. Failure modes. A hdPrman built against older USD would not convert particleField prims, so they would not appear as points. Limitations. The file is identical in v26.08, v26.11.0, v26.11.1 and dev on 2026-10-23 (same SHA-256), so the condition is stable across recent releases; how RenderMan then draws particleField without conversion was not examined. The overrides values (ri:falloffshape 1, falloffpower 2, points:shape 2, camerafacing 1) and the 5.6 width were confirmed. Version/date. OpenUSD ee47c67 (v26.08).\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) C2-B111-J14-01, C2-B111-J14-02 from a discovery re-fetch on 2026-10-23; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by GET.\n\nLimitations: Code reading only; nothing was built or run. 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