Unlock your creative potential with over 250GB of complimentary OpenUSD 3D assets, MDL materials, and environments from NVIDIA Omniverse. These professional-grade resources offer immense value for building diverse projects, from architectural visualizations to cinematic productions, all available at no cost.
This incredible offering provides creators with an unparalleled opportunity: over 250GB of high-quality Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) assets, Material Definition Language (MDL) materials, and meticulously crafted environments, all available at no cost. The value here is immense, equipping professionals and enthusiasts alike with a vast library of ready-to-use components that would otherwise require significant investment in time and resources to create or acquire. This deal effectively eliminates a major barrier to entry for complex 3D project development within the Omniverse ecosystem, empowering you to bring your visions to life with professional-grade content.
Getting Started with OpenUSD in NVIDIA Omniverse
Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD), a core technology of NVIDIA Omniverse, is revolutionizing 3D content creation. This open-source framework simplifies collaboration, reduces data duplication, and offers enhanced flexibility for various industries, including film, architecture and engineering (AECO), manufacturing, and robotics. To help you get started, NVIDIA provides an extensive library of downloadable OpenUSD assets, materials, and environments. You can easily download these large zip archives directly from your browser and unpack them to your local system using a utility like WinZip or 7-Zip. Be mindful of their size, as some packs exceed 10GB!
Explore the Vast Library of 3D OpenUSD Assets
This category is packed with ready-to-use 3D models to populate any scene imaginable. From foundational templates to highly specialized components, you’ll find everything you need.
Scene Starters & Templates
Kickstart your projects with Default Scene Templates Pack (24MB), offering 10 unique drag-and-drop OpenUSD template scenes. For showcasing Omniverse’s core technologies, the Showcase Scenes Asset Pack (2.3GB) provides two comprehensive USD scenes, perfect for manufacturing, engineering, and creative use-cases. Remember, the Showcase pack requires the Sample Scenes Pack for full functionality.
Interior & Commercial Furnishings
Populate your interior spaces with extensive collections. The Commercial Assets Pack (5.8GB) includes 82 OpenUSD assets of commercial furniture like tables, chairs, and reception desks. For homes and living spaces, the massive Residential Assets Pack (22.5GB) delivers 507 assets, from furniture and light fixtures to food and electronics. The SimReady Furniture & Misc Assets Pack (9.4GB) adds 202 diverse models, including interior/exterior furniture, safety cones, and kitchen items. Note that the Commercial pack has a dependency on the Base Materials Pack.
Industrial & Logistics Environments
Build detailed warehouse and industrial settings with these comprehensive packs. The Industrial Assets Pack (1.8GB) offers 72 components like boxes, crates, and shelving. The larger Warehouse Assets Pack (18GB) provides 763 assets, including bins, conveyors, and ladders. For SimReady assets, explore SimReady Warehouse 01 Assets Pack (13.9GB) with 139 models (stands, racks, ramps) and SimReady Warehouse 02 Assets Pack (20.5GB) with 178 models (pallets, racks). Manage your inventory with SimReady Containers & Shipping 01 Assets Pack (21.4GB) containing 316 models (plastic bins, cardboard boxes) and SimReady Containers & Shipping 02 Assets Pack (20.6GB) for industrial containers like drums and IBC tanks.
Specialized & Urban Environments
From digital humans to entire cities, these packs cover unique needs. The Rigged Characters Asset Pack (891MB) provides 7 OpenUSD rigged characters from Reallusion for easy scene population and animation. For data center visualizations, the Data Center Assets Pack (187MB) includes 33 models of servers, racks, and network components. Explore detailed urban settings with the Architectural Brownstone Assets Pack (2.0GB) featuring 97 models of a classic NYC brownstone. Large-scale city models are available with the City Demo Assets Pack (193MB), City Massing Demo Assets Pack (193MB) for early analyses, and the City Tower Demo Assets Pack (2.8GB) for detailed project views. The Restaurant Demo Assets Pack (3.9GB) and Tower Demo Assets Pack (8.3GB) offer examples of collaborative AECO workflows, demonstrating how various DCC applications can contribute to a single project.
Rich MDL Material Asset Packs
Achieve stunning photorealism with these Material Definition Language (MDL) packs, providing a vast array of surfaces for your projects. The Base Materials Pack (8.2GB) is an essential collection of 161 drag-and-drop MDL materials, covering common surfaces like carpeting, glass, metals, stones, textiles, and wood. For an even larger selection, the vMaterials 2 Pack (5.5GB) delivers 1,854 photoreal, physical MDL materials, including car paint, leather, and ground covers. Designers focused on automotive projects will find the Automotive Materials Pack (21GB) invaluable, containing 158 specialized MDL materials such as car paints, carbon fiber, and rubber tires.
Dynamic Environment Asset Packs
Set the perfect mood and lighting for your scenes with these immersive environment packs. The Environments Skies Pack (8.9GB) features 32 High Dynamic Range (HDR) skydomes for realistic illumination, offering diverse indoor, outdoor, clear, cloudy, day, night, and studio settings. Additionally, the Environment Templates Pack (16.0GB) provides 10 curated skydome environments specifically designed to illuminate automotive scenes realistically.
Specialized Workflow Sample Asset Packs
These packs demonstrate advanced Omniverse functionalities and provide assets tailored for specific production pipelines.
Core Technology Demonstrations
Explore the power of Omniverse with samples for its core technologies. The AnimGraph Sample Assets Pack (1.6GB) showcases animation graph behaviors. Create stunning visual effects with the Particle Systems Asset Pack (159MB), featuring presets for fire, smoke, and explosions. The Extensions Samples Asset Pack (900MB) highlights powerful extensions like Paint, Flow, and Warp. Dive into realistic interactions with the Physics Demo Scenes Asset Pack (5.5GB), covering rigid bodies, deformation, and more. For a broad overview, the Core Demo Samples Asset Pack (8.9GB) demonstrates RTX-enabled rendering, MDL materials, and physically accurate physics simulation.
Advanced & Industry-Specific Applications
Tackle specialized tasks with these targeted asset collections. The Automotive Configurator Assets Pack (2.0GB) provides an example of leveraging USD and ActionGraph for sophisticated configurators with custom UIs. For immersive experiences, the XR Samples Asset Pack (5.3GB) includes 82 OpenUSD environments optimized for Omniverse’s XR features. Harness AI-based animation with the Audio2Face Samples Asset Pack (6.2GB), offering files to get started with facial motion and emotion generation from audio. The USD Explorer Sample Assets Pack (508MB) provides a factory model to learn data aggregation from CAD applications. For industrial inspection, the Defect Detection Demo Pack (325MB) helps generate synthetic data with CAD models, workshop scenes, and defect textures.
Understanding OpenUSD: Example Datasets
Beyond individual assets, NVIDIA also provides comprehensive example datasets that illustrate the power and flexibility of OpenUSD composition arcs for establishing robust production pipelines. These projects include documentation explaining the creative team’s choices, offering invaluable insights for your own workflows. The Residential Lobby Project showcases collaborative architectural environment design using multiple USD composition arcs, combining elements from various CAD and DCC applications to demonstrate a non-destructive workflow. For a full USD filmmaking production pipeline example, the massive da Vinci’s Workshop Project (67GB) illustrates how a creative production team structured the creation of an amazing environment using numerous USD composition arcs for assets, sequences, and shot organization. It’s an excellent resource for understanding large-scale virtual production. Download da Vinci’s Workshop (67GB) to explore this complex project.
Conclusion
NVIDIA Omniverse’s commitment to providing such a vast, high-quality, and complimentary library of OpenUSD assets truly empowers creators. Whether you’re building intricate 3D scenes, developing photorealistic materials, or exploring advanced workflow simulations, these resources offer an unparalleled foundation. Dive in and transform your creative projects today!
To seamlessly integrate USD (Universal Scene Description) assets into your 3D workflows, NVIDIA provides dedicated connectors for popular applications like Blender and Unreal Engine.
Blender Integration
For Blender, NVIDIA offers an experimental build of the Blender Alpha USD branch with Omniverse Connector and Add-ons. This specialized Blender version comes pre-packaged with the Omniverse Connector and various add-ons for enhanced compatibility with the Omniverse ecosystem, including MDL support and Nucleus connections. It simplifies the process of exporting particle systems and converting materials to Omniverse PBR formats, ensuring your assets are ready for cross-application use. An Omniverse panel within Blender further streamlines these operations, making asset preparation more convenient.
Unreal Engine Integration
For Unreal Engine, the NVIDIA Omniverse Unreal Connector facilitates both importing USD and exporting 3D projects to USD, making your content accessible across the OpenUSD Ecosystem. While Unreal Engine also boasts native OpenUSD support (learn more here), the Omniverse Connector plugins offer robust functionality for exporting scenes, geometry, and materials, including the powerful MDL (Material Definition Language) plugin for authoring materials directly within Unreal. These plugins support live-editing of meshes, materials, and stages, streamlining collaborative workflows.
Sources:
Downloadable Asset Packs — Omniverse USD
USD Example Datasets — Omniverse USD
Residential Lobby — Omniverse USD
da Vinci’s Workshop — Omniverse USD
OpenUSD Frequently Asked Questions — Omniverse USD
NOTICES AND DISCLAIMERS — Omniverse USD
