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Kit SDK - Windows

Kit SDK - Windows

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Description
Toolkit for building native Omniverse applications and microservices.
Publisher
NVIDIA
Latest Version
106.4.0
Modified
November 20, 2024
Compressed Size
971.92 MB

Overview

Omniverse Kit SDK is a toolkit for building native Omniverse applications and microservices. It leverages a framework that provides a wide variety of functionality through a set of light-weight extensions. These stand-alone extensions are plugins authored in Python or C++. Kit is a flexible and extensible development platform for both Omniverse Apps and microservices. Run it with a UI, or headless to create a microservice. Use the UI engine to write an entirely customizable UI application. For better performance or to access C++ APIs, add lower-level C++ plugins to extensions and connect to the UI through binding. These extensions include the icons, images, and configuration they need to run individually.

FEATURES:

  • USD Library Integration: Kit is deeply connected to USD libraries and regularly updated to match public releases. The USD API is available in Kit Extensions to create native tools.
  • Pixar Hydra Viewport: Kit supports Hydra delegates such as Storm and Embree, plus Omniverse delegates such as NVIDIA RTX Renderer and IRAY Renderer. Coupled with NVIDIA MDL, you can easily create physically accurate renderings of USD data.
  • UI Framework: Kit includes a UI framework called OmniUI that allows users to create new widgets, windows and graphs easily. It also allows developers to create extensions or apps that can be easily themed quickly. The UI framework on Python 3 allows fast, hot reloadable editing.
  • SDK Integrations: Kit Extensions give the freedom and flexibility to access NVIDIA core technologies such as PhysX, Blast, Flow, Audio2Face, CloudXR, DLSS, and more.

Kit SDK

This package contains the Kit Kernel and the Kit Base Editor sample application with all necessary extensions pre-cached and ready to run!

The Kit Base Editor is a great way to get familiar with OpenUSD, and to experience the capabilities of the RTX Rendering.

To launch the Kit Base Editor, run the following batch script:

  • Windows: omni.app.editor.base.bat
  • Linux: omni.app.editor.base.sh

Use the Extension Manager (Window -> Extensions) to explore all the extensions available for Kit applications.

Build Your Own Kit Application

Kit App Template

NEW In Kit 106.4 : Kit App Template is now included in the Kit SDK package.

To get started building your own applications and extensions using the Omniverse Kit SDK, the Omniverse Kit App Template is included along with a tool to setup a new project from scratch.

Usage

  1. Open a terminal to where Kit SDK has been extracted.

  2. Create a new project from the Kit App Template:

    • Windows: .\new_project.bat
    • Linux: ./new_project.sh

  3. Follow the instructions to create a new Kit project.

NOTE: If this is your first time running the template new tool, you'll be prompted to accept the Omniverse Licensing Terms.

The newly created project will link to the local Kit SDK folder as a dependency using kit-sdk.packman.xml.user in the ./tools/deps folder.

Navigate to your newly created project folder and follow the instructions from Omniverse Kit App Template to build your application or extension.

NOTE: Your new project folder will come pre-populated with .gitattributes and .gitignore for git as well as .vscode settings for VS Code.

Learn More

Learn more at the Omniverse Developer Guide.

Check out the latest Kit Manual and Release Highlights.

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