Autodesk/maya-usd
Oct 2024 – Dec 2025
12 Months active
Languages Used
C++CMakeN/APythonTextUSDCMakeScriptMEL
Technical Skills
BackportingC++CMakeMaya APIPerformance OptimizationTesting
Aram Azhari
PROFILE
Aram Azhari
Aram Azhari developed and maintained advanced features for the Autodesk/maya-usd repository, focusing on 3D graphics workflows, plugin architecture, and asset management. He engineered robust integrations such as USD-based lighting, MaterialX export, and custom gizmo rendering, using C++ and Python to enhance Maya’s rendering and import pipelines. His work included cross-platform build optimizations, UI development for import controls, and asset resolver improvements, all aimed at increasing reliability and user control. Through careful code refactoring, conditional compilation, and test-driven development, Aram delivered maintainable solutions that improved performance, compatibility, and workflow efficiency for artists and technical users alike.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
64%Features
Repository Contributions
56Total
Bugs
9
Commits
56
Features
16
Lines of code
10,148
Activity Months12
Your Network
99 people
Work History
December 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on delivering stability, maintainability, and user workflow improvements. Key features include AssetResolver Namespace Alignment and Code Cleanup (aligning PXR_INTERNAL_NS to PXR_NS and removing extraneous includes) and Maya Project Tokens Handling and Preferences Integration (token tracking for Maya project settings with UI support in Preferences Window and Maya project window). Major bug fix efforts concentrated on Asset Resolver Robustness and Notification Optimization (adding MStatus checks and limiting ContextDataChanged notifications to TOKEN changes) to boost reliability and performance.
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on delivering stability, maintainability, and user workflow improvements. Key features include AssetResolver Namespace Alignment and Code Cleanup (aligning PXR_INTERNAL_NS to PXR_NS and removing extraneous includes) and Maya Project Tokens Handling and Preferences Integration (token tracking for Maya project settings with UI support in Preferences Window and Maya project window). Major bug fix efforts concentrated on Asset Resolver Robustness and Notification Optimization (adding MStatus checks and limiting ContextDataChanged notifications to TOKEN changes) to boost reliability and performance.
December 2025
November 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 (Autodesk/maya-usd) – Asset Resolver improvements delivering maintainability, reliability, and user-focused UX for USD workflows.
November 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 (Autodesk/maya-usd) – Asset Resolver improvements delivering maintainability, reliability, and user-focused UX for USD workflows.
September 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Delivered the Apply Euler Filter option for Maya USD import in Autodesk/maya-usd. Implemented UI controls, backend logic, and string resources to parse, apply, and display the Euler filter setting during USD import. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on delivering a cohesive UX and robust integration with the USD import pipeline. Impact: improved import fidelity and user control, reducing post-import edits and increasing workflow reliability. Technologies: UI development, backend logic integration, localization/resource handling, USD pipeline integration.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Delivered the Apply Euler Filter option for Maya USD import in Autodesk/maya-usd. Implemented UI controls, backend logic, and string resources to parse, apply, and display the Euler filter setting during USD import. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on delivering a cohesive UX and robust integration with the USD import pipeline. Impact: improved import fidelity and user control, reducing post-import edits and increasing workflow reliability. Technologies: UI development, backend logic integration, localization/resource handling, USD pipeline integration.
September 2025
August 2025
11 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/maya-usd. Delivered key frontend/engine improvements and stability enhancements across Light2-based rendering, environment-driven workflows, and MaterialX export, driving better visuals, more reliable round-trips, and improved multi-version compatibility.
August 2025
11 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance summary for Autodesk/maya-usd. Delivered key frontend/engine improvements and stability enhancements across Light2-based rendering, environment-driven workflows, and MaterialX export, driving better visuals, more reliable round-trips, and improved multi-version compatibility.
July 2025
2 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — Autodesk/maya-usd: Stabilized Layer Editor UX by implementing a safe target-layer switching guard and expanding test coverage. The fix ensures target layer switches only when the current target is locked, preventing accidental changes to the active layer. This work reduces user errors and regression risk in MayaUsdLayerEditorCommands and aligns with EMSUSD-2659. Expanded tests verify edit target behavior under locked versus modifiable conditions to strengthen editor reliability.
2 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — Autodesk/maya-usd: Stabilized Layer Editor UX by implementing a safe target-layer switching guard and expanding test coverage. The fix ensures target layer switches only when the current target is locked, preventing accidental changes to the active layer. This work reduces user errors and regression risk in MayaUsdLayerEditorCommands and aligns with EMSUSD-2659. Expanded tests verify edit target behavior under locked versus modifiable conditions to strengthen editor reliability.
July 2025
May 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary highlighting key features delivered, major fixes, and overall impact for Autodesk/maya-usd. The work focused on USD-based lighting integration, DomeLight support, and version gating to ensure compatibility and stability across USD releases.
May 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary highlighting key features delivered, major fixes, and overall impact for Autodesk/maya-usd. The work focused on USD-based lighting integration, DomeLight support, and version gating to ensure compatibility and stability across USD releases.
April 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on Proxy Shape caching improvements and reliability. Implemented targeted caching controls to reduce unnecessary work, added a robust fallback path, and tightened context-specific behavior to improve performance and stability. Included linting cleanup to enhance code clarity and maintainability. The work delivered streamlined getProxyShape interactions, reduced cache churn, and improved responsiveness in layer editor contexts.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on Proxy Shape caching improvements and reliability. Implemented targeted caching controls to reduce unnecessary work, added a robust fallback path, and tightened context-specific behavior to improve performance and stability. Included linting cleanup to enhance code clarity and maintainability. The work delivered streamlined getProxyShape interactions, reduced cache churn, and improved responsiveness in layer editor contexts.
April 2025
March 2025
12 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Autodesk/maya-usd monthly summary focused on cross-platform robustness for USD lighting tools, viewport accuracy, and performance improvements, while stabilizing CI. Delivered a set of targeted features and stability fixes across Linux/OSX/macOS and Maya, with clear business value in artist productivity and pipeline reliability: Key outcomes: - Gizmo Geometry Override robustness and light attribute handling across Linux/OSX/macOS, including proper override keyword usage, stricter value checks, and version-gated Portal Light width/height support (commits spanning fddfd1ce… to 75bee138…). - Rect Light gizmo visualization optimized to read width/height directly from the USD prim for accurate in-viewport rendering (commit f500dbf8…). - Rendering performance and correctness improvements for USD lights and stages, including caching optimizations and viewport filtering fixes to prevent artifacts (commits 5bfe8566… and d1f1210f…). - CI/stability improvement by disabling a camera test on Maya versions older than 2025 to maintain test reliability (commit da184ae4…). Overall impact: - Reduced cross-platform build and runtime issues; improved visual correctness in the viewport; faster USD stage traversal and light rendering; more reliable tests across environments. This supports smoother artist workflows, fewer runtime surprises, and a more maintainable codebase. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - C++ cross-platform development, USD API integration, Maya plugin architecture, version gating, lint and code hygiene, performance optimization, and test stability practices.
March 2025
12 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Autodesk/maya-usd monthly summary focused on cross-platform robustness for USD lighting tools, viewport accuracy, and performance improvements, while stabilizing CI. Delivered a set of targeted features and stability fixes across Linux/OSX/macOS and Maya, with clear business value in artist productivity and pipeline reliability: Key outcomes: - Gizmo Geometry Override robustness and light attribute handling across Linux/OSX/macOS, including proper override keyword usage, stricter value checks, and version-gated Portal Light width/height support (commits spanning fddfd1ce… to 75bee138…). - Rect Light gizmo visualization optimized to read width/height directly from the USD prim for accurate in-viewport rendering (commit f500dbf8…). - Rendering performance and correctness improvements for USD lights and stages, including caching optimizations and viewport filtering fixes to prevent artifacts (commits 5bfe8566… and d1f1210f…). - CI/stability improvement by disabling a camera test on Maya versions older than 2025 to maintain test reliability (commit da184ae4…). Overall impact: - Reduced cross-platform build and runtime issues; improved visual correctness in the viewport; faster USD stage traversal and light rendering; more reliable tests across environments. This supports smoother artist workflows, fewer runtime surprises, and a more maintainable codebase. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - C++ cross-platform development, USD API integration, Maya plugin architecture, version gating, lint and code hygiene, performance optimization, and test stability practices.
February 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 — Autodesk/maya-usd: Delivered a feature enhancement to the Maya light gizmo and performed code style cleanup to improve maintainability and reliability. The main deliverable was a custom gizmo shape and rendering overrides enabling better visualization and control of light gizmos, complemented by linting-driven code hygiene improvements. These changes reduce iteration time for artists and engineers and strengthen the project's code quality.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 — Autodesk/maya-usd: Delivered a feature enhancement to the Maya light gizmo and performed code style cleanup to improve maintainability and reliability. The main deliverable was a custom gizmo shape and rendering overrides enabling better visualization and control of light gizmos, complemented by linting-driven code hygiene improvements. These changes reduce iteration time for artists and engineers and strengthen the project's code quality.
February 2025
December 2024
7 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd with a focus on delivering business value through solid feature integration and code quality improvements. Key features delivered include the LookdevXUsd extension integration in Maya with build/config support, enabling USD-based look development workflows. This work introduced new libraries and handlers, and added build-time flags and conditional compilation to support deployment scenarios and optional library inclusion. Major code quality efforts focused on Clang-Format maintenance for LookdevXUsd to maintain consistent style across the extension, reducing formatting noise in PRs and easing future maintenance.
December 2024
7 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for Autodesk/maya-usd with a focus on delivering business value through solid feature integration and code quality improvements. Key features delivered include the LookdevXUsd extension integration in Maya with build/config support, enabling USD-based look development workflows. This work introduced new libraries and handlers, and added build-time flags and conditional compilation to support deployment scenarios and optional library inclusion. Major code quality efforts focused on Clang-Format maintenance for LookdevXUsd to maintain consistent style across the extension, reducing formatting noise in PRs and easing future maintenance.
November 2024
2 Commits
Nov 1, 20242024-11 Monthly Summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on cross-version Camera Handler build compatibility and overall build stability. The month centers on reducing integration friction across UFE versions and ensuring Maya 2023 builds remain robust when UFE features are unavailable or optional flags are defined.
2 Commits
Nov 1, 20242024-11 Monthly Summary for Autodesk/maya-usd focusing on cross-version Camera Handler build compatibility and overall build stability. The month centers on reducing integration friction across UFE versions and ensuring Maya 2023 builds remain robust when UFE features are unavailable or optional flags are defined.
November 2024
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 (Maya-USD): Focused on stabilizing animation test reliability and optimizing camera performance. Implemented naming consistency in Animation Translator tests and backported a camera performance fix via conditional compilation for ProxyShapeCameraHandler, contributing to more robust tests and smoother runtime operations.
October 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 (Maya-USD): Focused on stabilizing animation test reliability and optimizing camera performance. Implemented naming consistency in Animation Translator tests and backported a camera performance fix via conditional compilation for ProxyShapeCameraHandler, contributing to more robust tests and smoother runtime operations.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness91.8%
Maintainability92.0%
Architecture90.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.8%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C++CMakeCMakeScriptMELN/APythonTextUSD
Technical Skills
3D Graphics3D Graphics Programming3D RenderingAsset ManagementBackportingBug FixBuild ConfigurationBuild SystemBuild System ConfigurationBuild SystemsC++C++ DevelopmentC++ developmentCMakeCache Management
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