Blender 3.4.0 alpha v102 on Launcher!

Omniverse Community,

We are excited to announce our new release of Blender is on the Omniverse Launcher. This is based on the Blender 3.4 alpha USD branch and features support for Importing USD Shapes and Export support for USDZ.

Release Notes

Features

  • Option to export to USDZ.
  • Option to resize textures when exporting to USDZ. (OM-62282)
  • Store blender file path in USD metadata. (OM-62049)
  • Add Triangulation USD Export Option. (OM-51230)
  • Add Import USD Shapes support. (OM-51231)

2022-11-09_17-42-50

Bug Fixes

  • UDIM texture import fails for context-dependent paths. (OM-64138)
  • Fix warnings when loading USD instance proxies.(OM-66425)
  • No Geometry from deleted faces. (OM-61858)
  • Curve widths exported to USD not properly scaled. (OM-66739)
  • Cycles material texture not exporting. (OM-67732)

We appreciate the Community feedback and want to hear more about how you are using Blender in Omniverse workflows.

Upcoming we are working on a Blender connector with Nucleus support and Live workflows, and some Omniverse scene optimization tools in Blender for large scenes.

Thank you!

Hey there excited to join in I am having a couple of issues installing Blender 3.4 from the store It is stuck on install register. I am not sure why this is happening could you instruct?

Same here.