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NVIDIA-Certified Professional: OpenUSD Development (NCP-OUSD)

We do not teach just for the test.Worked examples and real discussion, not a question bank. The exam is then delivered in the classroom — 98% pass it first time.
$2,795catalog price — your starting point
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Next date
  • 14 Dec 2026Atlanta, GA
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4 daysconsecutive days
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ProfessionalArtificial Intelligence
50% labs50% lecture
24 monthsfree retakes

Course overview

Download the course datasheetThe full outline for NVIDIA-Certified Professional: OpenUSD Development (NCP-OUSD), as a PDF.
thinQtank® Learning is offering a unique four-day training camp comprised of four days of instructor-led learning that gives students the knowledge and skills needed to use OpenUSD composition, data modeling and data exchange, build pipelines, aggregate content, visualize scenes, debug and troubleshoot, and customize USD for 3D and simulation workflows.

The camp follows the official NVIDIA NCP-OUSD exam topics and study guide, with hands-on OpenUSD labs in Python throughout.

NVIDIA, CUDA, RAPIDS, InfiniBand, Spectrum, NeMo, NIM and Omniverse are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. OpenUSD is maintained by the Alliance for OpenUSD.

This course prepares students to take the NVIDIA-Certified Professional: OpenUSD Development (NCP-OUSD) exam.

What's included

13 items
thinQtank® Learning Accelerated Custom Exam Study Guide for NCP-OUSD
Hands-on OpenUSD labs in Python
Custom and focused exam preparation software and materials
Course specific thinQtank® Learning publications to promote a fun and exciting learning
Membership to the thinQtank® Learning University Online
WE DO NOT "TEACH THE TEST" - Students will receive valuable examples and discussion
All courses taught by AI engineers experienced with NVIDIA platforms
Additional hours of remote lab access
Custom video recordings with even more in-depth learning of course topics
Customized practice exam software
Digital courseware
Retake any or all portions of the course as many times as you like in person or live on-line for 24 months
Six months mentoring access to our engineers after completing the course

What you'll be able to do

19 objectives
  • Model scene data with Usd/Sdf structures, prims, properties, primvars, time samples and schemas
  • Author, design with and debug all composition arcs (LIVERPS)
  • Build modular, reusable assets with native and point instancing
  • Develop data-exchange importers, exporters and data mapping documents
  • Design production pipelines: asset management, versioning, exporter hooks and flattening
  • Visualize scenes with UsdGeom, UsdShade and UsdLux
  • Extend USD with plugins, custom schemas, file format plugins and model kinds
  • Introspect stages and optimize load and render performance
  • OpenUSD Fundamentals: Setting the Stage
  • Data Modeling: Prims, Properties and Schemas
  • Composition Basics
  • Composition Arcs and LIVERPS Strength Ordering
  • Asset Structure and Content Aggregation
  • Asset Modularity and Instancing
  • Visualization: UsdGeom, UsdShade and UsdLux
  • Data Exchange Pipelines
  • Pipeline Development and Asset Management
  • Customizing USD: Plugins and Schemas
  • Debugging and Performance Optimization

The exam

70questions maximum
120minutes to complete
  • Eight topic areas: Composition (23%); Data Exchange (15%); Pipeline Development (14%); Data Modeling (13%); Debugging and Troubleshooting (11%); Content Aggregation (10%); Visualization (8%); Customizing USD (6%)
  • Delivered online with a remote proctor through Certiverse; English only
  • Exam fee: $200 (set by NVIDIA)
  • Valid two years; recertify by retaking the current exam

Who it's for, and what you need first

Target Audience

  • OpenUSD Developer
  • Pipeline Engineer
  • Systems Integrator
  • Data Engineer / Data Architect
  • Service members, veterans and military spouses using AF COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0

Prerequisites

  • No certification is required
  • Recommended: Two to three years of OpenUSD development with Python or C++

How it's delivered

Instructor-Led Training
Immersive Live-Online Training
On-Site and Custom Delivery

Dates and locations

20 scheduled
Guaranteed to run means the class goes ahead whatever the enrollment.
Prices shown are MSRP. Qualified military personnel funding through Air Force COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0 pay a flat $1,500 per class, whatever the listed price. Everyone else — call 855-868-4467 about group pricing, discounts and current promotions.