# OpenUSD Python Bindings

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/aousd/openusd-python-bindings/  
**Provider:** Alliance for OpenUSD — https://apis.io/providers/aousd/  
**Base URL:** https://pypi.org/project/usd-core/  
**Documentation:** https://openusd.org/release/api/index.html

OpenUSD Python Bindings is one of 2 APIs that [Alliance for OpenUSD](https://apis.io/providers/aousd/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include 3D, OpenUSD, Python, and Scene Description. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

OpenUSD provides comprehensive Python bindings for all major C++ modules, enabling scripting and pipeline integration in Python-based DCC workflows. Python bindings cover the full USD API including pxr.Usd, pxr.UsdGeom, pxr.UsdShade, pxr.UsdLux, pxr.UsdPhysics, pxr.Sdf, and Hydra. Used extensively in production pipelines at Pixar, ILM, and other studios.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://openusd.org/release/api/index.html
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/usd-core/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD

## Other Alliance for OpenUSD APIs (1)

- [OpenUSD C++ API](https://apis.io/apis/aousd/openusd-c-api/)

## Tags

3D, OpenUSD, Python, Scene Description

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