---
name: "usdstitchclips"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "usd"
version: "26.11.1-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/usdstitchclips"
---

# usdstitchclips(1)

manual page for usdstitchclips 26.11.1

## NAME

usdstitchclips - manual page for usdstitchclips 26.11.1

## DESCRIPTION

usage: usdstitchclips \[-h\] \[-o OUT\] \[-c CLIPPATH\] \[-s STARTTIMECODE\]

- \[-r STRIDE\] \[-e ENDTIMECODE\] \[-t\] \[-p TEMPLATEPATH\]

  \[--clipSet CLIPSET\] \[--activeOffset ACTIVEOFFSET\] \[--interpolateMissingClipValues\] \[-n\] usdFiles \[usdFiles ...\]

Stitch multiple usd file(s) together into one using value clips. An example command is:

usdstitchclips **--out** result.usd **--clipPath** */World/fx/Particles\_Splash* clip1.usd clip2.usd

This will produce two files, a result.topology.usd and a result.usd.

### positional arguments:

-

  usdFiles

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-o**, **--out** OUT

  specify the filename for the top-level result file, which also serves as base-name for the topology and manifest files.

- **-c**, **--clipPath** CLIPPATH

  specify a prim path at which to begin stitching clip data.

- **-s**, **--startTimeCode** STARTTIMECODE

  specify the time at which the clips will become active

- **-r**, **--stride** STRIDE

  specify a stride for the numeric component of filenames for template metadata

- **-e**, **--endTimeCode** ENDTIMECODE

  specify the time at which the clips will cease being active

- **-t**, **--templateMetadata**

  author template clip metadata in the root layer.

- **-p**, **--templatePath** TEMPLATEPATH

  specify a template asset path to author

- **--clipSet** CLIPSET

  specify a named clipSet in which to author clip metadata, so that multiple sets of clips can be applied on the same prim.

- **--activeOffset** ACTIVEOFFSET

  specify an offset for template-based clips, offsetting the frame number of each clip file.

- **--interpolateMissingClipValues**

  specify whether values for clips without authored samples are interpolated from surrounding clips if no default value is authored in any clip.

- **-n**, **--noComment**

  do not write a comment specifying how the usd file was generated