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.TH USDSTITCHCLIPS "1" "September 2026" "usdstitchclips 26.08" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
usdstitchclips \- manual page for usdstitchclips 26.08
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: usdstitchclips [\-h] [\-o OUT] [\-c CLIPPATH] [\-s STARTTIMECODE]
.TP
[\-r STRIDE] [\-e ENDTIMECODE] [\-t] [\-p TEMPLATEPATH]
[\-\-clipSet CLIPSET] [\-\-activeOffset ACTIVEOFFSET]
[\-\-interpolateMissingClipValues] [\-n]
usdFiles [usdFiles ...]
.PP
Stitch multiple usd file(s) together into one using value clips.
An example command is:
.PP
usdstitchclips \fB\-\-out\fR result.usd \fB\-\-clipPath\fR \fI\,/World/fx/Particles_Splash\/\fP clip1.usd clip2.usd
.PP
This will produce two files, a result.topology.usd and a result.usd.
.SS "positional arguments:"
.IP
usdFiles
.SS "options:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-out\fR OUT
specify the filename for the top\-level result file,
which also serves as base\-name for the topology and
manifest files.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-clipPath\fR CLIPPATH
specify a prim path at which to begin stitching clip
data.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-startTimeCode\fR STARTTIMECODE
specify the time at which the clips will become active
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-stride\fR STRIDE
specify a stride for the numeric component of
filenames for template metadata
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-endTimeCode\fR ENDTIMECODE
specify the time at which the clips will cease being
active
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-templateMetadata\fR
author template clip metadata in the root layer.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-templatePath\fR TEMPLATEPATH
specify a template asset path to author
.TP
\fB\-\-clipSet\fR CLIPSET
specify a named clipSet in which to author clip
metadata, so that multiple sets of clips can be
applied on the same prim.
.TP
\fB\-\-activeOffset\fR ACTIVEOFFSET
specify an offset for template\-based clips, offsetting
the frame number of each clip file.
.TP
\fB\-\-interpolateMissingClipValues\fR
specify whether values for clips without authored
samples are interpolated from surrounding clips if no
default value is authored in any clip.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noComment\fR
do not write a comment specifying how the usd file was
generated