The USD team at Autodesk is proud to announce the release of USD for Maya 0.33 and USD for 3ds Max 0.12.
With USD for Maya 0.33 our installer comes with two versions of USD. This is a split from the norm for us to have multiple versions of USD but we wanted to get some of the new animation spline support that comes with recent versions of USD. This new dual installation is only for Maya 2026 which includes USD 24.11 and USD 25.05. The default is still 24.11. Download this release and see the release notes with instructions on using 25.05 here: Release Version 0.33.0 · Autodesk/maya-usd · GitHub
In USD for 3ds Max 0.12 we added a new feature called Duplicate to USD that mimics the same feature in USD for Maya. This allows you to send objects in your Max scene directly into a stage in your scene. See this new feature in a new learning video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys2qdBVlv5g
You can download USD for 3ds Max 0.12 here: Release 3ds Max USD v0.12.0 · Autodesk/3dsmax-usd · GitHub
We hope you enjoy this new feature.