Hey All,

I would like to be able to freeze frame a file reference, but I'm struggling a bit with the method that should be used.

I've tried to do it via the reference node via setting timescale to 0 and then offset to the frame I want, but this doesn't appear to be a thing.

Using a timeshift works, but only if I put a wildcard(*) in the primitives param, which I don't really understand. It doesn't work / has no effect if I target just the geometry elements of the reference for example. However, this then appears to write out the time shifted reference to the USD file, resulting in a large USD file which feels wrong.

So my question is, how do I freeze frame a reference without it vastly bloating the output file (ie. incorporating the reference directly into the written USD, rather than just some overs).

Many thanks,

Jules