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Designed with native USD as its core data & API.
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Support for all USD schemas and for custom USD libraries.
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Fully interactive Hydra viewport.
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Suitable for A-Z pipeline development.
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Specialized toolsets for lighting and lookdev artists.
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Automatic third-party rendering support through Hydra API.
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USD batch-rendering framework.
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New Karma renderer (beta) directly renders USD.
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Integrated Nvidia OptiX denoiser.
Houdini 20.0 What’s new What’s new in Houdini 18
What’s new Solaris
Solaris is Houdini’s support for creating and editing USD. This includes a new network type (LOPs), tools for layout and lighting, an improved scene viewer that displays the scene using Hydra delegates, and a new renderer (Karma) that natively renders USD files.