stheo

Maybe this helps...

Alembic files are already USD/Solaris compatible and you can reference them directly.
It filters only usd files, just set the file pattern to "*".

VDB files can be loaded through the "Volume" LOP.

There is "Geometry Sequence" LOP that can load .bgeo files directly.


Don't know about deadline though.

The images in the render gallery db are saved wth absolute paths.

Is there a way to set it to use relative paths (based on $HIP or $JOB)?

Two ways to solve this:
- let the 'Default Primitive Path' in the 'Collection' LOP at the default value '/collections'
- reference the collection in the 'Instancer' LOP with '%/tree_collection.collection:tree_collection'

You can look it up in the help 'Primitive matching patterns'