diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2d190be6bb..4de2454cfd8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ option(WITH_ALEMBIC             "Enable Alembic Support" ON)
 # Universal Scene Description support
 option(WITH_USD                 "Enable Universal Scene Description (USD) Support" ON)
 
+# MaterialX
+option(WITH_MATERIALX           "Enable MaterialX Support" OFF)
+
 # 3D format support
 # Disable opencollada when we don't have precompiled libs
 option(WITH_OPENCOLLADA   "Enable OpenCollada Support (http://www.opencollada.org)" ON)
@@ -1920,6 +1923,7 @@ if(FIRST_RUN)
   info_cfg_option(WITH_QUADRIFLOW)
   info_cfg_option(WITH_TBB)
   info_cfg_option(WITH_USD)
+  info_cfg_option(WITH_MATERIALX)
   info_cfg_option(WITH_XR_OPENXR)
 
   info_cfg_text("Compiler Options:")
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt b/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
index 999223603d5..f8a4d5d8c20 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 project("BlenderDependencies")
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-
+if(POLICY CMP0135)
+  cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW) # CMake 3.24+ Set the date/time for extracted files to time of extraction
+endif()
 include(ExternalProject)
 include(cmake/check_software.cmake)
 include(cmake/options.cmake)
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ if(ENABLE_MINGW64)
 else()
   set(mingw_LIBDIR ${LIBDIR})
 endif()
-
+include(cmake/ssl.cmake)
 include(cmake/zlib.cmake)
 include(cmake/zstd.cmake)
 include(cmake/openal.cmake)
@@ -66,18 +68,16 @@ endif()
 if(UNIX)
   include(cmake/nasm.cmake)
 endif()
-include(cmake/openimageio.cmake)
 include(cmake/tiff.cmake)
 if(WIN32)
   include(cmake/flexbison.cmake)
 elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   include(cmake/flex.cmake)
 endif()
-include(cmake/osl.cmake)
 include(cmake/tbb.cmake)
-include(cmake/openvdb.cmake)
 include(cmake/python.cmake)
 include(cmake/llvm.cmake)
+include(cmake/osl.cmake)
 option(USE_PIP_NUMPY "Install NumPy using pip wheel instead of building from source" OFF)
 if(APPLE AND ("${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}" STREQUAL "x86_64"))
   set(USE_PIP_NUMPY ON)
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ else()
 endif()
 include(cmake/python_site_packages.cmake)
 include(cmake/package_python.cmake)
+include(cmake/openimageio.cmake)
 include(cmake/usd.cmake)
+include(cmake/materialx.cmake)
+include(cmake/openvdb.cmake)
 include(cmake/potrace.cmake)
 include(cmake/haru.cmake)
 # Boost needs to be included after `python.cmake` due to the PYTHON_BINARY variable being needed.
@@ -100,6 +103,8 @@ include(cmake/fmt.cmake)
 include(cmake/robinmap.cmake)
 include(cmake/xml2.cmake)
 
+include(cmake/fribidi.cmake)
+include(cmake/harfbuzz.cmake)
 if(NOT APPLE)
   include(cmake/xr_openxr.cmake)
   if(NOT WIN32 OR BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ endif()
 include(cmake/expat.cmake)
 include(cmake/pystring.cmake)
 include(cmake/yamlcpp.cmake)
+include(cmake/minizipng.cmake)
 include(cmake/opencolorio.cmake)
 
 if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
@@ -164,7 +170,6 @@ if(UNIX)
   include(cmake/bzip2.cmake)
   include(cmake/ffi.cmake)
   include(cmake/lzma.cmake)
-  include(cmake/ssl.cmake)
   include(cmake/sqlite.cmake)
 endif()
 
@@ -176,6 +181,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   include(cmake/wayland.cmake)
   include(cmake/wayland_libdecor.cmake)
 endif()
-
+include(cmake/shaderc_deps.cmake)
+include(cmake/shaderc.cmake)
+include(cmake/vulkan.cmake)
+include(cmake/pybind11.cmake)
 include(cmake/harvest.cmake)
 include(cmake/cve_check.cmake)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/alembic.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/alembic.cmake
index 8b049e9e206..7d253ff52b6 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/alembic.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/alembic.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_alembic
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${ALEMBIC_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${ALEMBIC_HASH_TYPE}=${ALEMBIC_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/alembic
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/alembic -Wno-dev ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${ALEMBIC_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/alembic
@@ -41,6 +42,5 @@ endif()
 
 add_dependencies(
   external_alembic
-  external_openexr
   external_imath
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/blosc.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/blosc.cmake
index 7dfa8853a8a..72368808744 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/blosc.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/blosc.cmake
@@ -38,19 +38,3 @@ if(WIN32)
     external_pthreads
   )
 endif()
-
-if(WIN32)
-  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
-    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_blosc after_install
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/blosc/lib/libblosc.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/blosc/lib/libblosc.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/blosc/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/blosc/include/
-      DEPENDEES install
-    )
-  endif()
-  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
-    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_blosc after_install
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/blosc/lib/libblosc_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/blosc/lib/libblosc_d.lib
-      DEPENDEES install
-    )
-  endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost.cmake
index 57088e59cee..495b419e69c 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 if(WIN32)
   set(BOOST_CONFIGURE_COMMAND bootstrap.bat)
   set(BOOST_BUILD_COMMAND b2)
-  set(BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS runtime-link=shared )
-  set(BOOST_HARVEST_CMD   ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/boost/lib/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/boost/lib/ )
+  set(BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS runtime-link=shared)
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    list(APPEND BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS python-debugging=on variant=debug)
+    if(WITH_OPTIMIZED_DEBUG)
+      list(APPEND BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS debug-symbols=off)
+    else()
+      list(APPEND BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS debug-symbols=on)
+    endif()
+  else()
+    list(APPEND BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS variant=release)
+  endif()
+  set(BOOST_HARVEST_CMD ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/boost/lib/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/boost/lib/)
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
     set(BOOST_HARVEST_CMD ${BOOST_HARVEST_CMD} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/boost/include/boost-${BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS_SHORT}/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/boost/include/)
   endif()
@@ -22,19 +32,17 @@ else()
   set(BOOST_PATCH_COMMAND echo .)
 endif()
 
-if(WITH_BOOST_PYTHON)
-  set(JAM_FILE ${BUILD_DIR}/boost.user-config.jam)
-  configure_file(${PATCH_DIR}/boost.user.jam.in ${JAM_FILE})
+set(JAM_FILE ${BUILD_DIR}/boost.user-config.jam)
+configure_file(${PATCH_DIR}/boost.user.jam.in ${JAM_FILE})
+set(BOOST_PYTHON_OPTIONS
+  --with-python
+  --user-config=${JAM_FILE}
+)
+if(WIN32 AND BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
   set(BOOST_PYTHON_OPTIONS
-    --with-python
-    --user-config=${JAM_FILE}
+    ${BOOST_PYTHON_OPTIONS}
+    define=BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
   )
-  if(WIN32 AND BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
-    set(BOOST_PYTHON_OPTIONS
-      ${BOOST_PYTHON_OPTIONS}
-      define=BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
-    )
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(BOOST_OPTIONS
@@ -66,15 +74,13 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_boost
   UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
   PATCH_COMMAND ${BOOST_PATCH_COMMAND}
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${BOOST_CONFIGURE_COMMAND}
-  BUILD_COMMAND ${BOOST_BUILD_COMMAND} ${BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS} -j${MAKE_THREADS} architecture=${BOOST_ARCHITECTURE} address-model=${BOOST_ADDRESS_MODEL} link=static threading=multi ${BOOST_OPTIONS}    --prefix=${LIBDIR}/boost install
+  BUILD_COMMAND ${BOOST_BUILD_COMMAND} ${BOOST_BUILD_OPTIONS} -j${MAKE_THREADS} architecture=${BOOST_ARCHITECTURE} address-model=${BOOST_ADDRESS_MODEL} link=shared threading=multi ${BOOST_OPTIONS}    --prefix=${LIBDIR}/boost install
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
   INSTALL_COMMAND "${BOOST_HARVEST_CMD}"
 )
 
-if(WITH_BOOST_PYTHON)
-  add_dependencies(
-    external_boost
-    external_python
-    external_numpy
-  )
-endif()
+add_dependencies(
+  external_boost
+  external_python
+  external_numpy
+)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost_build_options.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost_build_options.cmake
index cc471078fcd..096534752f4 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost_build_options.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/boost_build_options.cmake
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ endif()
 set(DEFAULT_BOOST_FLAGS
   -DBoost_COMPILER:STRING=${BOOST_COMPILER_STRING}
   -DBoost_USE_MULTITHREADED=ON
-  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
+  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
   -DBoost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME=OFF
   -DBOOST_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/boost
   -DBoost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS=ON
   -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON
   -DBoost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=${BOOST_VERSION_SHORT}
   -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${LIBDIR}/boost/lib/
+  -DBoost_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON=On
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/check_software.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/check_software.cmake
index bdb9036e3f9..34544ca176b 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/check_software.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/check_software.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ if(UNIX)
     yasm
   )
 
+  if(APPLE)
+    list(APPEND _required_software dos2unix)
+  else()
+    list(APPEND _required_software patchelf)
+  endif()
+
   foreach(_software ${_required_software})
     find_program(_software_find NAMES ${_software})
     if(NOT _software_find)
@@ -46,10 +52,10 @@ if(UNIX)
       "  ${_software_missing}\n"
       "\n"
       "On Debian and Ubuntu:\n"
-      "  apt install autoconf automake bison libtool yasm tcl ninja-build meson python3-mako\n"
+      "  apt install autoconf automake bison libtool yasm tcl ninja-build meson python3-mako patchelf\n"
       "\n"
       "On macOS (with homebrew):\n"
-      "  brew install autoconf automake bison flex libtool meson ninja pkg-config yasm\n"
+      "  brew install autoconf automake bison dos2unix flex libtool meson ninja pkg-config yasm\n"
       "\n"
       "Other platforms:\n"
       "  Install equivalent packages.\n")
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/download.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/download.cmake
index 8d75f0ff0ed..a6fa82bceed 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/download.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/download.cmake
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ download_source(OPENSUBDIV)
 download_source(SDL)
 download_source(OPENCOLLADA)
 download_source(OPENCOLORIO)
+download_source(MINIZIPNG)
 download_source(LLVM)
 download_source(OPENMP)
 download_source(OPENIMAGEIO)
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ download_source(SSL)
 download_source(SQLITE)
 download_source(EMBREE)
 download_source(USD)
+download_source(MATERIALX)
 download_source(OIDN)
 download_source(LIBGLU)
 download_source(MESA)
@@ -163,3 +165,12 @@ download_source(IGC_SPIRV_TRANSLATOR)
 download_source(GMMLIB)
 download_source(OCLOC)
 download_source(AOM)
+download_source(FRIBIDI)
+download_source(HARFBUZZ)
+download_source(SHADERC)
+download_source(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS)
+download_source(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS)
+download_source(SHADERC_GLSLANG)
+download_source(VULKAN_HEADERS)
+download_source(VULKAN_LOADER)
+download_source(PYBIND11)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/dpcpp.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
index 28315d1f703..ef6fc9c40c9 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
+# LLVM does not switch over to cpp17 until llvm 16 and building ealier versions with
+# MSVC is leading to some crashes in ISPC. Switch back to their default on all platforms
+# for now. 
+string(REPLACE "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17" " " DPCPP_CMAKE_FLAGS "${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS}")
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(LLVM_GENERATOR "Ninja")
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_dpcpp
   CMAKE_GENERATOR ${LLVM_GENERATOR}
   SOURCE_SUBDIR llvm
   LIST_SEPARATOR ^^
-  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/dpcpp ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${DPCPP_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/dpcpp ${DPCPP_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${DPCPP_EXTRA_ARGS}
   # CONFIGURE_COMMAND
   #   ${PYTHON_BINARY}
   #   ${BUILD_DIR}/dpcpp/src/external_dpcpp/buildbot/configure.py ${DPCPP_CONFIGURE_ARGS}
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/epoxy.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/epoxy.cmake
index 4cd9158f2ac..312784598d4 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/epoxy.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/epoxy.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_epoxy
   URL_HASH ${EPOXY_HASH_TYPE}=${EPOXY_HASH}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -N -d ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy/src/external_epoxy/ < ${PATCH_DIR}/epoxy.diff
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && meson setup --prefix ${LIBDIR}/epoxy --default-library ${EPOXY_LIB_TYPE} --libdir lib ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy/src/external_epoxy-build ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy/src/external_epoxy -Dtests=false
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && ${MESON} setup --prefix ${LIBDIR}/epoxy --default-library ${EPOXY_LIB_TYPE} --libdir lib ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy/src/external_epoxy-build ${BUILD_DIR}/epoxy/src/external_epoxy -Dtests=false
   BUILD_COMMAND ninja
   INSTALL_COMMAND ninja install
 )
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release AND WIN32)
     DEPENDEES install
   )
 endif()
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_epoxy
+  external_python_site_packages
+)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fmt.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fmt.cmake
index 74cb9e0c8ad..90982b44679 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fmt.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fmt.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 set(FMT_EXTRA_ARGS
-  -DFMT_TEST=Off
+  -DFMT_TEST=OFF
+  -DFMT_DOC=OFF
 )
 
 ExternalProject_Add(external_fmt
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/freetype.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/freetype.cmake
index 842e5c42e25..c0cb3c3401b 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/freetype.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/freetype.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ add_dependencies(
 if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release AND WIN32)
   ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_freetype after_install
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/freetype ${HARVEST_TARGET}/freetype
+	# harfbuzz *NEEDS* to find freetype.lib and will not be conviced to take alternative names so just give it
+	# what it wants. 
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/freetype/lib/freetype2st.lib ${LIBDIR}/freetype/lib/freetype.lib
     DEPENDEES install
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fribidi.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fribidi.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e063eb5b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/fribidi.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+if(WIN32)
+  set(CONFIGURE_ENV ${CONFIGURE_ENV_MSVC})
+endif()
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_fribidi
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${FRIBIDI_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${FRIBIDI_HASH_TYPE}=${FRIBIDI_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/fribidi
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${MESON} setup --prefix ${LIBDIR}/fribidi -Ddocs=false --default-library static --libdir lib ${BUILD_DIR}/fribidi/src/external_fribidi-build ${BUILD_DIR}/fribidi/src/external_fribidi
+  BUILD_COMMAND ninja
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ninja install
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/fribidi
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_fribidi
+  external_python
+  external_python_site_packages
+)
+
+if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release AND WIN32)
+  ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_fribidi after_install
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/fribidi/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/fribidi/include
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/fribidi/lib/libfribidi.a ${HARVEST_TARGET}/fribidi/lib/libfribidi.lib
+    DEPENDEES install
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harfbuzz.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harfbuzz.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..619ed66f603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harfbuzz.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+if(WIN32)
+  set(HARFBUZZ_CONFIGURE_ENV ${CONFIGURE_ENV_MSVC})
+  set(HARFBUZZ_PKG_ENV FREETYPE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/freetype)
+else()
+  set(HARFBUZZ_CONFIGURE_ENV ${CONFIGURE_ENV})
+  set(HARFBUZZ_PKG_ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${LIBDIR}/freetype/lib/pkgconfig:${LIBDIR}/brotli/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+endif()
+
+set(HARFBUZZ_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+  -Dtests=disabled
+  -Dfreetype=enabled
+  -Dglib=disabled
+  -Dgobject=disabled
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_harfbuzz
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${HARFBUZZ_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${HARFBUZZ_HASH_TYPE}=${HARFBUZZ_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/harfbuzz
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${HARFBUZZ_CONFIGURE_ENV} &&
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${HARFBUZZ_PKG_ENV} ${MESON} setup --prefix ${LIBDIR}/harfbuzz ${HARFBUZZ_EXTRA_OPTIONS} --default-library static --libdir lib ${BUILD_DIR}/harfbuzz/src/external_harfbuzz-build ${BUILD_DIR}/harfbuzz/src/external_harfbuzz
+  BUILD_COMMAND ninja
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ninja install
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/harfbuzz
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_harfbuzz
+  external_python
+  external_python_site_packages
+)
+
+if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release AND WIN32)
+  ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_harfbuzz after_install
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/harfbuzz/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/harfbuzz/include
+    # We do not use the subset API currently, so copying only the main library will suffice for now
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/harfbuzz/lib/libharfbuzz.a ${HARVEST_TARGET}/harfbuzz/lib/libharfbuzz.lib
+    DEPENDEES install
+  )
+endif()
+
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harvest.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harvest.cmake
index 9afc1974677..893042afa00 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harvest.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/harvest.cmake
@@ -11,194 +11,259 @@ message("HARVEST_TARGET = ${HARVEST_TARGET}")
 
 if(WIN32)
 
-  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
-    add_custom_target(Harvest_Release_Results
-      COMMAND # jpeg rename libfile + copy include
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/jpeg/lib/jpeg-static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/jpeg/lib/libjpeg.lib &&
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/jpeg/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/jpeg/include/ &&
-      # png
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/png/lib/libpng16_static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/png/lib/libpng.lib &&
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/png/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/png/include/ &&
-      # freeglut-> opengl
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/freeglut/lib/freeglut_static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opengl/lib/freeglut_static.lib &&
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/freeglut/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opengl/include/ &&
-      DEPENDS
+if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
+  add_custom_target(Harvest_Release_Results
+    COMMAND # jpeg rename libfile + copy include
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/jpeg/lib/jpeg-static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/jpeg/lib/libjpeg.lib &&
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/jpeg/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/jpeg/include/ &&
+        # png
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/png/lib/libpng16_static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/png/lib/libpng.lib &&
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/png/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/png/include/ &&
+        # freeglut-> opengl
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/freeglut/lib/freeglut_static.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opengl/lib/freeglut_static.lib &&
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/freeglut/include/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opengl/include/ &&
+    DEPENDS
+  )
+endif()
+
+else(WIN32)
+
+function(harvest from to)
+  set(pattern "")
+  foreach(f ${ARGN})
+    set(pattern ${f})
+  endforeach()
+
+  if(pattern STREQUAL "")
+    get_filename_component(dirpath ${to} DIRECTORY)
+    get_filename_component(filename ${to} NAME)
+    install(
+      FILES ${LIBDIR}/${from}
+      DESTINATION ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${dirpath}
+      RENAME ${filename}
+    )
+  else()
+    install(
+      DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/${from}/
+      DESTINATION ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${to}
+      USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
+      FILES_MATCHING PATTERN ${pattern}
+      PATTERN "pkgconfig" EXCLUDE
+      PATTERN "cmake" EXCLUDE
+      PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
+      PATTERN "tests" EXCLUDE
+      PATTERN "meson*" EXCLUDE
     )
   endif()
+endfunction()
 
+# Set rpath on shared libraries to $ORIGIN since all will be installed in the same
+# lib folder, and remove any absolute paths.
+#
+# Ideally this would be done as part of the Blender build since it makes assumptions
+# about where the files will be installed. However it would add patchelf as a new
+# dependency for building.
+if(APPLE)
+  set(set_rpath_cmd python3 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/darwin/set_rpath.py @loader_path)
 else()
+  set(set_rpath_cmd patchelf --set-rpath $ORIGIN)
+endif()
 
-  function(harvest from to)
-    set(pattern "")
-    foreach(f ${ARGN})
-      set(pattern ${f})
-    endforeach()
+function(harvest_rpath_lib from to pattern)
+  harvest(${from} ${to} ${pattern})
 
-    if(pattern STREQUAL "")
-      get_filename_component(dirpath ${to} DIRECTORY)
-      get_filename_component(filename ${to} NAME)
-      install(
-        FILES ${LIBDIR}/${from}
-        DESTINATION ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${dirpath}
-        RENAME ${filename}
-      )
-    else()
-      install(
-        DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/${from}/
-        DESTINATION ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${to}
-        USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
-        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN ${pattern}
-        PATTERN "pkgconfig" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "cmake" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "tests" EXCLUDE
-      )
-    endif()
-  endfunction()
+  install(CODE "\
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0009 NEW)\n
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE shared_libs ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${to}/${pattern}) \n
+    foreach(f \${shared_libs}) \n
+      if(NOT IS_SYMLINK \${f})\n
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${set_rpath_cmd} \${f}) \n
+      endif()\n
+    endforeach()")
+endfunction()
 
-  harvest(alembic/include alembic/include "*.h")
-  harvest(alembic/lib/libAlembic.a alembic/lib/libAlembic.a)
-  harvest(alembic/bin alembic/bin "*")
-  harvest(brotli/include brotli/include "*.h")
-  harvest(brotli/lib brotli/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(boost/include boost/include "*")
-  harvest(boost/lib boost/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(imath/include imath/include "*.h")
-  harvest(imath/lib imath/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(ffmpeg/include ffmpeg/include "*.h")
-  harvest(ffmpeg/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(fftw3/include fftw3/include "*.h")
-  harvest(fftw3/lib fftw3/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(flac/lib sndfile/lib "libFLAC.a")
-  harvest(freetype/include freetype/include "*.h")
-  harvest(freetype/lib/libfreetype2ST.a freetype/lib/libfreetype.a)
-  harvest(epoxy/include epoxy/include "*.h")
-  harvest(epoxy/lib epoxy/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(gmp/include gmp/include "*.h")
-  harvest(gmp/lib gmp/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(jemalloc/include jemalloc/include "*.h")
-  harvest(jemalloc/lib jemalloc/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(jpeg/include jpeg/include "*.h")
-  harvest(jpeg/lib jpeg/lib "libjpeg.a")
-  harvest(lame/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  if(NOT APPLE)
-    harvest(level-zero/include/level_zero level-zero/include/level_zero "*.h")
-    harvest(level-zero/lib level-zero/lib "*.so*")
-  endif()
-  harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "clang-format")
-  if(BUILD_CLANG_TOOLS)
-    harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "clang-tidy")
-    harvest(llvm/share/clang llvm/share "run-clang-tidy.py")
-  endif()
-  harvest(llvm/include llvm/include "*")
-  harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "llvm-config")
-  harvest(llvm/lib llvm/lib "libLLVM*.a")
-  harvest(llvm/lib llvm/lib "libclang*.a")
-  harvest(llvm/lib/clang llvm/lib/clang "*.h")
-  if(APPLE)
-    harvest(openmp/lib openmp/lib "*")
-    harvest(openmp/include openmp/include "*.h")
-  endif()
-  if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
-    harvest(sse2neon sse2neon "*.h")
-  endif()
-  harvest(ogg/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openal/include openal/include "*.h")
-  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    harvest(openal/lib openal/lib "*.a")
+# Set rpath on utility binaries assuming they are run from their install location.
+function(harvest_rpath_bin from to pattern)
+  harvest(${from} ${to} ${pattern})
 
-    harvest(blosc/include blosc/include "*.h")
-    harvest(blosc/lib blosc/lib "*.a")
+  install(CODE "\
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE shared_libs ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${to}/${pattern}) \n
+    foreach(f \${shared_libs}) \n
+      execute_process(COMMAND ${set_rpath_cmd}/../lib; \${f}) \n
+    endforeach()")
+endfunction()
 
-    harvest(zlib/include zlib/include "*.h")
-    harvest(zlib/lib zlib/lib "*.a")
+# Set rpath on Python module to point to the shared libraries folder in the Blender
+# installation.
+function(harvest_rpath_python from to pattern)
+  harvest(${from} ${to} ${pattern})
 
-    harvest(xml2/include xml2/include "*.h")
-    harvest(xml2/lib xml2/lib "*.a")
+  install(CODE "\
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE shared_libs ${HARVEST_TARGET}/${to}/${pattern}\.so*) \n
+    foreach(f \${shared_libs}) \n
+      get_filename_component(f_dir \${f} DIRECTORY) \n
+      file(RELATIVE_PATH relative_dir \${f_dir} ${HARVEST_TARGET}) \n
+      execute_process(COMMAND ${set_rpath_cmd}/\${relative_dir}../lib \${f}) \n
+    endforeach()")
+endfunction()
 
-    harvest(wayland-protocols/share/wayland-protocols wayland-protocols/share/wayland-protocols/ "*.xml")
+harvest(alembic/include alembic/include "*.h")
+harvest(alembic/lib/libAlembic.a alembic/lib/libAlembic.a)
+harvest(alembic/bin alembic/bin "*")
+harvest(brotli/include brotli/include "*.h")
+harvest(brotli/lib brotli/lib "*.a")
+harvest(boost/include boost/include "*")
+harvest_rpath_lib(boost/lib boost/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest(imath/include imath/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(imath/lib imath/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest(ffmpeg/include ffmpeg/include "*.h")
+harvest(ffmpeg/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(fftw3/include fftw3/include "*.h")
+harvest(fftw3/lib fftw3/lib "*.a")
+harvest(flac/lib sndfile/lib "libFLAC.a")
+harvest(freetype/include freetype/include "*.h")
+harvest(freetype/lib/libfreetype2ST.a freetype/lib/libfreetype.a)
+harvest(fribidi/include fribidi/include "*.h")
+harvest(fribidi/lib fribidi/lib "*.a")
+harvest(epoxy/include epoxy/include "*.h")
+harvest(epoxy/lib epoxy/lib "*.a")
+harvest(gmp/include gmp/include "*.h")
+harvest(gmp/lib gmp/lib "*.a")
+harvest(harfbuzz/include harfbuzz/include "*.h")
+harvest(harfbuzz/lib harfbuzz/lib "*.a")
+harvest(jemalloc/include jemalloc/include "*.h")
+harvest(jemalloc/lib jemalloc/lib "*.a")
+harvest(jpeg/include jpeg/include "*.h")
+harvest(jpeg/lib jpeg/lib "libjpeg.a")
+harvest(lame/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+if(NOT APPLE)
+  harvest(level-zero/include/level_zero level-zero/include/level_zero "*.h")
+  harvest(level-zero/lib level-zero/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+endif()
+harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "clang-format")
+if(BUILD_CLANG_TOOLS)
+  harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "clang-tidy")
+  harvest(llvm/share/clang llvm/share "run-clang-tidy.py")
+endif()
+harvest(llvm/include llvm/include "*")
+harvest(llvm/bin llvm/bin "llvm-config")
+harvest(llvm/lib llvm/lib "libLLVM*.a")
+harvest(llvm/lib llvm/lib "libclang*.a")
+harvest(llvm/lib/clang llvm/lib/clang "*.h")
+if(APPLE)
+  harvest(openmp/lib openmp/lib "*")
+  harvest(openmp/include openmp/include "*.h")
+endif()
+if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
+  harvest(sse2neon sse2neon "*.h")
+endif()
+harvest(ogg/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(openal/include openal/include "*.h")
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  harvest(openal/lib openal/lib "*.a")
+
+  harvest(zlib/include zlib/include "*.h")
+  harvest(zlib/lib zlib/lib "*.a")
+
+  harvest(xml2/include xml2/include "*.h")
+  harvest(xml2/lib xml2/lib "*.a")
+
+  harvest(wayland-protocols/share/wayland-protocols wayland-protocols/share/wayland-protocols/ "*.xml")
     harvest(wayland/bin wayland/bin "wayland-scanner")
     harvest(wayland/include wayland/include "*.h")
     harvest(wayland_libdecor/include wayland_libdecor/include "*.h")
   else()
     harvest(blosc/lib openvdb/lib "*.a")
-    harvest(xml2/lib opencollada/lib "*.a")
-  endif()
-  harvest(opencollada/include/opencollada opencollada/include "*.h")
-  harvest(opencollada/lib/opencollada opencollada/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(opencolorio/include opencolorio/include "*.h")
-  harvest(opencolorio/lib opencolorio/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(opencolorio/lib/static opencolorio/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openexr/include openexr/include "*.h")
-  harvest(openexr/lib openexr/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "idiff")
-  harvest(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "maketx")
-  harvest(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "oiiotool")
-  harvest(openimageio/include openimageio/include "*")
-  harvest(openimageio/lib openimageio/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openimagedenoise/include openimagedenoise/include "*")
-  harvest(openimagedenoise/lib openimagedenoise/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(embree/include embree/include "*.h")
-  harvest(embree/lib embree/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openpgl/include openpgl/include "*.h")
-  harvest(openpgl/lib openpgl/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openpgl/lib/cmake/openpgl-${OPENPGL_SHORT_VERSION} openpgl/lib/cmake/openpgl "*.cmake")
-  harvest(openjpeg/include/openjpeg-${OPENJPEG_SHORT_VERSION} openjpeg/include "*.h")
-  harvest(openjpeg/lib openjpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(opensubdiv/include opensubdiv/include "*.h")
-  harvest(opensubdiv/lib opensubdiv/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(openvdb/include/openvdb openvdb/include/openvdb "*.h")
-  harvest(openvdb/include/nanovdb openvdb/include/nanovdb "*.h")
-  harvest(openvdb/lib openvdb/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(xr_openxr_sdk/include/openxr xr_openxr_sdk/include/openxr "*.h")
-  harvest(xr_openxr_sdk/lib xr_openxr_sdk/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(osl/bin osl/bin "oslc")
-  harvest(osl/include osl/include "*.h")
-  harvest(osl/lib osl/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(osl/share/OSL/shaders osl/share/OSL/shaders "*.h")
-  harvest(png/include png/include "*.h")
-  harvest(png/lib png/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(pugixml/include pugixml/include "*.hpp")
-  harvest(pugixml/lib pugixml/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(python/bin python/bin "python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}")
-  harvest(python/include python/include "*h")
-  harvest(python/lib python/lib "*")
-  harvest(sdl/include/SDL2 sdl/include "*.h")
-  harvest(sdl/lib sdl/lib "libSDL2.a")
-  harvest(sndfile/include sndfile/include "*.h")
-  harvest(sndfile/lib sndfile/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(spnav/include spnav/include "*.h")
-  harvest(spnav/lib spnav/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(tbb/include tbb/include "*.h")
-  harvest(tbb/lib/libtbb_static.a tbb/lib/libtbb.a)
-  harvest(theora/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(tiff/include tiff/include "*.h")
-  harvest(tiff/lib tiff/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(vorbis/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(opus/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(vpx/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(x264/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(xvidcore/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(aom/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(webp/lib webp/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(webp/include webp/include "*.h")
-  harvest(usd/include usd/include "*.h")
-  harvest(usd/lib/usd usd/lib/usd "*")
-  harvest(usd/plugin usd/plugin "*")
-  harvest(potrace/include potrace/include "*.h")
-  harvest(potrace/lib potrace/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(haru/include haru/include "*.h")
-  harvest(haru/lib haru/lib "*.a")
-  harvest(zstd/include zstd/include "*.h")
-  harvest(zstd/lib zstd/lib "*.a")
-
-  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    harvest(libglu/lib mesa/lib "*.so*")
-    harvest(mesa/lib64 mesa/lib "*.so*")
-
-    harvest(dpcpp dpcpp "*")
-    harvest(igc dpcpp/lib/igc "*")
-    harvest(ocloc dpcpp/lib/ocloc "*")
-  endif()
-
+  harvest(xml2/lib opencollada/lib "*.a")
+endif()
+harvest(opencollada/include/opencollada opencollada/include "*.h")
+harvest(opencollada/lib/opencollada opencollada/lib "*.a")
+harvest(opencolorio/include opencolorio/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(opencolorio/lib opencolorio/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest_rpath_python(opencolorio/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} python/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} "*")
+harvest(openexr/include openexr/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(openexr/lib openexr/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest_rpath_bin(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "idiff")
+harvest_rpath_bin(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "maketx")
+harvest_rpath_bin(openimageio/bin openimageio/bin "oiiotool")
+harvest(openimageio/include openimageio/include "*")
+harvest_rpath_lib(openimageio/lib openimageio/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest_rpath_python(openimageio/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} python/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} "*")
+harvest(openimagedenoise/include openimagedenoise/include "*")
+harvest(openimagedenoise/lib openimagedenoise/lib "*.a")
+harvest(embree/include embree/include "*.h")
+harvest(embree/lib embree/lib "*.a")
+harvest(openpgl/include openpgl/include "*.h")
+harvest(openpgl/lib openpgl/lib "*.a")
+harvest(openpgl/lib/cmake/openpgl-${OPENPGL_SHORT_VERSION} openpgl/lib/cmake/openpgl "*.cmake")
+harvest(openjpeg/include/openjpeg-${OPENJPEG_SHORT_VERSION} openjpeg/include "*.h")
+harvest(openjpeg/lib openjpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(opensubdiv/include opensubdiv/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(opensubdiv/lib opensubdiv/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest(openvdb/include/openvdb openvdb/include/openvdb "*.h")
+harvest(openvdb/include/nanovdb openvdb/include/nanovdb "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(openvdb/lib openvdb/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+harvest_rpath_python(openvdb/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} python/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION} "*pyopenvdb*")
+harvest(xr_openxr_sdk/include/openxr xr_openxr_sdk/include/openxr "*.h")
+harvest(xr_openxr_sdk/lib xr_openxr_sdk/lib "*.a")
+harvest(osl/bin osl/bin "oslc")
+harvest(osl/include osl/include "*.h")
+harvest(osl/lib osl/lib "*.a")
+harvest(osl/share/OSL/shaders osl/share/OSL/shaders "*.h")
+harvest(png/include png/include "*.h")
+harvest(png/lib png/lib "*.a")
+harvest(pugixml/include pugixml/include "*.hpp")
+harvest(pugixml/lib pugixml/lib "*.a")
+harvest(python/bin python/bin "python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}")
+harvest(python/include python/include "*h")
+harvest(python/lib python/lib "*")
+harvest(sdl/include/SDL2 sdl/include "*.h")
+harvest(sdl/lib sdl/lib "libSDL2.a")
+harvest(sndfile/include sndfile/include "*.h")
+harvest(sndfile/lib sndfile/lib "*.a")
+harvest(spnav/include spnav/include "*.h")
+harvest(spnav/lib spnav/lib "*.a")
+harvest(tbb/include tbb/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(tbb/lib tbb/lib "libtbb${SHAREDLIBEXT}")
+harvest(theora/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(tiff/include tiff/include "*.h")
+harvest(tiff/lib tiff/lib "*.a")
+harvest(vorbis/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(opus/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(vpx/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(x264/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(xvidcore/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(aom/lib ffmpeg/lib "*.a")
+harvest(webp/lib webp/lib "*.a")
+harvest(webp/include webp/include "*.h")
+harvest(usd/include usd/include "*.h")
+harvest_rpath_lib(usd/lib usd/lib "libusd_ms${SHAREDLIBEXT}")
+harvest(usd/lib/usd usd/lib/usd "*")
+harvest_rpath_python(usd/lib/python/pxr python/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/site-packages/pxr "*")
+harvest(usd/plugin usd/plugin "*")
+harvest(materialx/include materialx/include "*.h")
+harvest(materialx/lib materialx/lib "*")
+harvest(materialx/libraries materialx/libraries "*")
+harvest(materialx/python materialx/python "*")
+harvest(materialx/lib/cmake/MaterialX materialx/lib/cmake/MaterialX "*.cmake")
+harvest_rpath_python(materialx/python/MaterialX python/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/site-packages/MaterialX "*")
+# We do not need anything from the resources folder, but the MaterialX config
+# file will complain if the folder does not exist, so just copy the readme.md
+# files to ensure the folder will exist.
+harvest(materialx/resources materialx/resources "README.md")
+harvest(potrace/include potrace/include "*.h")
+harvest(potrace/lib potrace/lib "*.a")
+harvest(haru/include haru/include "*.h")
+harvest(haru/lib haru/lib "*.a")
+harvest(zstd/include zstd/include "*.h")
+harvest(zstd/lib zstd/lib "*.a")
+
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  harvest(libglu/lib mesa/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+  harvest(mesa/lib64 mesa/lib "*${SHAREDLIBEXT}*")
+
+  harvest(dpcpp dpcpp "*")
+  harvest(igc dpcpp/lib/igc "*")
+  harvest(ocloc dpcpp/lib/ocloc "*")
+endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/imath.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/imath.cmake
index eb5465e6d37..1cad822c43a 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/imath.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/imath.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 set(IMATH_EXTRA_ARGS
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
   -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
   -DIMATH_LIB_SUFFIX=${OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX}
 )
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_imath
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${IMATH_HASH_TYPE}=${IMATH_HASH}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/imath
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/imath ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${IMATH_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/imath
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_imath after_install
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/imath/lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/imath/lib
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/imath/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/imath/include
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/imath/bin/imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/imath/bin/imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
     DEPENDEES install
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/llvm.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/llvm.cmake
index 11f6bf7c218..26e1f1f58b4 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/llvm.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/llvm.cmake
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ if(APPLE)
   )
   set(LLVM_BUILD_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA ^^clang-tools-extra)
   set(BUILD_CLANG_TOOLS ON)
+else()
+  # NVIDIA PTX for OSL on Windows and Linux.
+  set(LLVM_TARGETS ${LLVM_TARGETS}$<SEMICOLON>NVPTX)
 endif()
 
-
 set(LLVM_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DLLVM_USE_CRT_RELEASE=MD
   -DLLVM_USE_CRT_DEBUG=MDd
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ else()
   set(LLVM_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 endif()
 
+# LLVM does not switch over to cpp17 until llvm 16 and building ealier versions with
+# MSVC is leading to some crashes in ISPC. Switch back to their default on all platforms
+# for now. 
+string(REPLACE "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17" " " LLVM_CMAKE_FLAGS "${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS}")
+
 # short project name due to long filename issues on windows
 ExternalProject_Add(ll
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${LLVM_FILE}
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(ll
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/ll
   SOURCE_SUBDIR llvm
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/ll/src/ll < ${PATCH_DIR}/llvm.diff
-  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/llvm ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${LLVM_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/llvm ${LLVM_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${LLVM_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/llvm
 )
 
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/materialx.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/materialx.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb45f444e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/materialx.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+set(MATERIALX_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DMATERIALX_BUILD_PYTHON=ON
+  -DMATERIALX_BUILD_RENDER=OFF
+  -DMATERIALX_INSTALL_PYTHON=OFF
+  -DMATERIALX_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
+  -DMATERIALX_PYTHON_VERSION=${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}
+  -DMATERIALX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+  -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
+  -Dpybind11_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/pybind11
+  -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_materialx
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${MATERIALX_FILE}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  URL_HASH ${MATERIALX_HASH_TYPE}=${MATERIALX_HASH}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/materialx
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
+  PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/materialx/src/external_materialx < ${PATCH_DIR}/materialx.diff
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/materialx ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${MATERIALX_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/materialx
+)
+
+if(WIN32)
+  set(MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/python/${BUILD_MODE})
+  string(REPLACE "/" "\\" MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET_DOS "${MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET}")
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_materialx after_install
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/include
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/libraries ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/libraries
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/lib/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/lib/
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/bin/
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/python/ ${MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET}
+      COMMAND del ${MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET_DOS}\\MaterialX\\*.lib
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_materialx after_install
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/lib/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/lib/
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/materialx/bin/
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/materialx/python/ ${MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET}
+      COMMAND del ${MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET_DOS}\\MaterialX\\*.lib
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+  unset(MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET)
+  unset(MATERIALX_PYTHON_TARGET_DOS)
+endif()
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_materialx
+  external_python
+  external_pybind11
+)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/mesa.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/mesa.cmake
index 8a40e8dc0de..63b17189e10 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/mesa.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/mesa.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_mesa
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} &&
     cd ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa/src/external_mesa/ &&
-    meson ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa/src/external_mesa-build --prefix=${LIBDIR}/mesa ${MESA_EXTRA_FLAGS}
+    ${MESON} ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa/src/external_mesa-build --prefix=${LIBDIR}/mesa ${MESA_EXTRA_FLAGS}
   BUILD_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa/src/external_mesa-build && ninja -j${MAKE_THREADS}
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/mesa/src/external_mesa-build && ninja install
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/mesa
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_mesa
 add_dependencies(
   external_mesa
   ll
+  external_zlib
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/minizipng.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/minizipng.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9bc7a4875f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/minizipng.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+set(MINIZIPNG_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DMZ_FETCH_LIBS=OFF
+  -DMZ_LIBCOMP=OFF
+  -DMZ_PKCRYPT=OFF
+  -DMZ_WZAES=OFF
+  -DMZ_OPENSSL=OFF
+  -DMZ_SIGNING=OFF
+  -DMZ_LZMA=OFF
+  -DMZ_ZSTD=OFF
+  -DZLIB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/zlib/lib/${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
+  -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/zlib/include/
+  -DBZIP2_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/bzip2/lib/${LIBPREFIX}bz2${LIBEXT}
+  -DBZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/bzip2/include/
+  # Because OCIO hardcodes a non standard include path
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=${LIBDIR}/minizipng/include/minizip-ng
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_minizipng
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${MINIZIPNG_FILE}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  URL_HASH ${MINIZIPNG_HASH_TYPE}=${MINIZIPNG_HASH}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/minizipng
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/minizipng ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${MINIZIPNG_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/minizipng
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_minizipng
+  external_zlib
+)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencollada.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencollada.cmake
index b1a3028debd..9e403f25181 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencollada.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencollada.cmake
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ if(UNIX)
   # as does the OPENCOLLADA package, if this can be corrected upstream that would be better.
   # For now use `sed` to force UNIX line endings so the patch applies.
   # Needed as neither ignoring white-space or applying as a binary resolve this problem.
+  if(APPLE)
+    set(_dos2unix dos2unix)
+  else()
+    set(_dos2unix sed -i "s/\\r//")
+  endif()
   set(PATCH_MAYBE_DOS2UNIX_CMD
-    sed -i "s/\\r//"
+    ${_dos2unix}
     ${PATCH_DIR}/opencollada.diff
     ${BUILD_DIR}/opencollada/src/external_opencollada/CMakeLists.txt
     ${BUILD_DIR}/opencollada/src/external_opencollada/Externals/LibXML/CMakeLists.txt &&
   )
-
 else()
   set(OPENCOLLADA_EXTRA_ARGS
     -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencolorio.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencolorio.cmake
index 4e2d1503406..17336c73ddb 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencolorio.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opencolorio.cmake
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DOCIO_BUILD_APPS=OFF
-  -DOCIO_BUILD_PYTHON=OFF
+  -DOCIO_BUILD_PYTHON=ON
   -DOCIO_BUILD_NUKE=OFF
   -DOCIO_BUILD_JAVA=OFF
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
   -DOCIO_BUILD_DOCS=OFF
   -DOCIO_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
   -DOCIO_BUILD_GPU_TESTS=OFF
@@ -15,10 +15,30 @@ set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
 
   -Dexpat_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/expat
   -Dyaml-cpp_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/yamlcpp
+  -Dyaml-cpp_VERSION=${YAMLCPP_VERSION}
   -Dpystring_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/pystring
   -DImath_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/imath
+  -Dminizip-ng_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/minizipng
+  -Dminizip-ng_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/minizipng/include
+  -Dminizip-ng_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/minizipng/lib/libminizip${LIBEXT}
+  -DZLIB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/zlib/lib/${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
+  -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/zlib/include/
+  -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
+  -Dpybind11_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/pybind11
 )
 
+if(APPLE)
+  set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
+    ${OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
+    "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-liconv ${LIBDIR}/bzip2/lib/${LIBPREFIX}bz2${LIBEXT}"
+  )
+elseif(UNIX)
+  set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
+    ${OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
+    "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=${LIBDIR}/bzip2/lib/${LIBPREFIX}bz2${LIBEXT}"
+  )
+endif()
+
 if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
   set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
     ${OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
@@ -27,11 +47,16 @@ if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
+  set(OPENCOLORIO_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DIMATH_DLL")
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    set(OPENCOLORIO_CXX_FLAGS "${OPENCOLORIO_CXX_FLAGS} -DPy_DEBUG")
+  endif()
   set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
     ${OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
-    -Dexpat_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/libexpatMD
-    -Dyaml-cpp_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/libyaml-cppmd.lib
-    -DImath_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/imath/lib/imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}
+    -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
+    -Dexpat_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/libexpat$<$<STREQUAL:${BUILD_MODE},Debug>:d>MD${LIBEXT}
+    -DImath_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/imath/lib/imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${OPENCOLORIO_CXX_FLAGS}
   )
 else()
   set(OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS
@@ -43,6 +68,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_opencolorio
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OPENCOLORIO_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${OPENCOLORIO_HASH_TYPE}=${OPENCOLORIO_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/opencolorio
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -N -d ${BUILD_DIR}/opencolorio/src/external_opencolorio < ${PATCH_DIR}/opencolorio.diff
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/opencolorio ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${OPENCOLORIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
@@ -55,25 +81,26 @@ add_dependencies(
   external_expat
   external_imath
   external_pystring
+  external_zlib
+  external_minizipng
+  external_python
+  external_pybind11
 )
 
 if(WIN32)
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_opencolorio after_install
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/include
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/bin/OpenColorIO_2_2.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/bin/OpenColorIO_2_2.dll
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/yamlcpp/lib/libyaml-cppmd.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/libyaml-cpp.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/libexpatMD.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/libexpatMD.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/pystring/lib/pystring.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/pystring.lib
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_opencolorio after_install
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib/Opencolorio.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/OpencolorIO_d.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/yamlcpp/lib/libyaml-cppmdd.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/libyaml-cpp_d.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/libexpatdMD.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/libexpatdMD.lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/pystring/lib/pystring.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/pystring_d.lib
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/bin/OpenColorIO_d_2_2.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/bin/OpenColorIO_d_2_2.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib/Opencolorio_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/OpenColorIO_d.lib
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib/site-packages ${HARVEST_TARGET}/opencolorio/lib/site-packages-debug
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openexr.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openexr.cmake
index d283f638a17..617baeaebfc 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openexr.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openexr.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set(OPENEXR_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/zlib/include/
   -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
   -DOPENEXR_BUILD_BOTH_STATIC_SHARED=OFF
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
   -DOPENEXR_INSTALL_TOOLS=OFF
   -DOPENEXR_INSTALL_EXAMPLES=OFF
   -DImath_DIR=${LIBDIR}/imath/lib/cmake/Imath
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_openexr
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OPENEXR_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${OPENEXR_HASH_TYPE}=${OPENEXR_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/openexr
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/openexr ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${OPENEXR_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/openexr
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ if(WIN32)
   ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_openexr after_install
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/lib
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/openexr/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/include
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/Iex${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/bin/Iex${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/IlmThread${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/bin/IlmThread${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRCore${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRCore${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRUtil${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRUtil${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXR${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openexr/bin/OpenEXR${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}.dll
     DEPENDEES install
   )
 endif()
@@ -43,4 +49,5 @@ endif()
 add_dependencies(
   external_openexr
   external_zlib
+  external_imath
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openimageio.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openimageio.cmake
index 26881488039..d65fbe8223e 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openimageio.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openimageio.cmake
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
-  set(PNG_LIBNAME libpng16_static${LIBEXT})
   set(OIIO_SIMD_FLAGS -DUSE_SIMD=sse2)
   set(OPENJPEG_POSTFIX _msvc)
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
     set(TIFF_POSTFIX d)
+    set(PNG_POSTFIX d)
   else()
     set(TIFF_POSTFIX)
+    set(PNG_POSTFIX)
   endif()
+  set(PNG_LIBNAME libpng16_static${PNG_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT})
 else()
   set(PNG_LIBNAME libpng${LIBEXT})
   set(OIIO_SIMD_FLAGS)
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 set(OPENIMAGEIO_EXTRA_ARGS
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
   ${OPENIMAGEIO_LINKSTATIC}
   ${DEFAULT_BOOST_FLAGS}
   -DUSE_LIBSQUISH=OFF
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ set(OPENIMAGEIO_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DUSE_OPENGL=OFF
   -DUSE_TBB=OFF
   -DUSE_QT=OFF
-  -DUSE_PYTHON=OFF
+  -DUSE_PYTHON=ON
   -DUSE_GIF=OFF
   -DUSE_OPENCV=OFF
   -DUSE_OPENJPEG=ON
@@ -76,13 +78,14 @@ set(OPENIMAGEIO_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DJPEG_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/jpeg/lib/${JPEG_LIBRARY}
   -DJPEG_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/jpeg/include
   ${OPENJPEG_FLAGS}
-  -DOPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}IlmThread${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
-  -DOPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}Iex${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
-  -DOPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}IlmImf${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
+  -DOPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}IlmThread${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
+  -DOPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}Iex${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
+  -DOPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}IlmImf${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
   -DSTOP_ON_WARNING=OFF
   -DUSE_EXTERNAL_PUGIXML=ON
   -DPUGIXML_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/pugixml/lib/${LIBPREFIX}pugixml${LIBEXT}
   -DPUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/pugixml/include/
+  -Dpugixml_DIR=${LIBDIR}/pugixml/lib/cmake/pugixml
   -DBUILD_MISSING_ROBINMAP=OFF
   -DBUILD_MISSING_FMT=OFF
   -DFMT_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/fmt/include/
@@ -91,12 +94,15 @@ set(OPENIMAGEIO_EXTRA_ARGS
   ${OIIO_SIMD_FLAGS}
   -DOpenEXR_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/openexr
   -DImath_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/imath
+  -Dpybind11_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/pybind11
+  -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
 )
 
 ExternalProject_Add(external_openimageio
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OPENIMAGEIO_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${OPENIMAGEIO_HASH_TYPE}=${OPENIMAGEIO_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/openimageio
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -N -d ${BUILD_DIR}/openimageio/src/external_openimageio/ < ${PATCH_DIR}/openimageio.diff
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/openimageio ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${OPENIMAGEIO_EXTRA_ARGS}
@@ -117,6 +123,8 @@ add_dependencies(
   external_robinmap
   external_openjpeg${OPENJPEG_POSTFIX}
   external_webp
+  external_python
+  external_pybind11
 )
 
 if(WIN32)
@@ -125,7 +133,8 @@ if(WIN32)
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/include
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/lib
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/bin/idiff.exe ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/bin/idiff.exe
-
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_Util.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_Util.dll
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
@@ -133,6 +142,9 @@ if(WIN32)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_openimageio after_install
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_d.lib
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_Util_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_Util_d.lib
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_d.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_d.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_Util_d.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/bin/OpenImageIO_Util_d.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/OpenImageIO/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/OpenImageIO/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}_debug/
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opensubdiv.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opensubdiv.cmake
index a142160b9cc..4f643868bfb 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opensubdiv.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opensubdiv.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else()
   set(OPENSUBDIV_EXTRA_ARGS
     ${OPENSUBDIV_EXTRA_ARGS}
     -DTBB_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/tbb/include
-    -DTBB_tbb_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}tbb_static${LIBEXT}
+    -DTBB_tbb_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}tbb${SHAREDLIBEXT}
   )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openvdb.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openvdb.cmake
index 2d0f62cc1a0..bd008287f75 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openvdb.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/openvdb.cmake
@@ -4,23 +4,14 @@ if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
   set(BLOSC_POST _d)
 endif()
 
-if(WIN32)
-  set(OPENVDB_SHARED ON)
-  set(OPENVDB_STATIC OFF)
-else()
-  set(OPENVDB_SHARED OFF)
-  set(OPENVDB_STATIC ON)
-endif()
-
 set(OPENVDB_EXTRA_ARGS
   ${DEFAULT_BOOST_FLAGS}
-  -DBoost_COMPILER:STRING=${BOOST_COMPILER_STRING}
-  -DBoost_USE_MULTITHREADED=ON
-  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
-  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME=OFF
-  -DBOOST_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/boost
-  -DBoost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS=ON
-  -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON
+  -DUSE_STATIC_DEPENDENCIES=OFF   # This is the global toggle for static libs
+  # Once the above switch is off, you can set it
+  # for each individual library below.
+  -DBLOSC_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
+  -DTBB_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
   -DZLIB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/zlib/lib/${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
   -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/zlib/include/
   -DBlosc_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/blosc/include/
@@ -28,32 +19,36 @@ set(OPENVDB_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DBlosc_LIBRARY_RELEASE=${LIBDIR}/blosc/lib/libblosc${BLOSC_POST}${LIBEXT}
   -DBlosc_LIBRARY_DEBUG=${LIBDIR}/blosc/lib/libblosc${BLOSC_POST}${LIBEXT}
   -DOPENVDB_BUILD_UNITTESTS=OFF
-  -DOPENVDB_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=OFF
   -DOPENVDB_BUILD_NANOVDB=ON
   -DNANOVDB_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
   -DBlosc_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/blosc/
   -DTBB_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/tbb/
-  -DOPENVDB_CORE_SHARED=${OPENVDB_SHARED}
-  -DOPENVDB_CORE_STATIC=${OPENVDB_STATIC}
+  -DTbb_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/tbb/include
+  -DTbb_LEGACY_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/tbb/include
+  -DOPENVDB_CORE_SHARED=ON
+  -DOPENVDB_CORE_STATIC=OFF
   -DOPENVDB_BUILD_BINARIES=OFF
   -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
   -DBLOSC_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON
   -DUSE_NANOVDB=ON
-)
+  -DOPENVDB_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=ON
+  -DOPENVDB_PYTHON_WRAP_ALL_GRID_TYPES=ON
+  -DUSE_NUMPY=ON
+  -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
 
-if(WIN32)
-  # Namespaces seem to be buggy and cause linker errors due to things not
-  # being in the correct namespace
-  # needs to link pthreads due to it being a blosc dependency
-  set(OPENVDB_EXTRA_ARGS ${OPENVDB_EXTRA_ARGS}
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES="${LIBDIR}/pthreads/lib/pthreadVC3.lib"
-  )
-endif()
+  # OPENVDB_AX Disabled for now as it adds ~25MB distribution wise
+  # with no blender code depending on it, seems wasteful.
+  # -DOPENVDB_BUILD_AX=ON
+  # -DOPENVDB_AX_SHARED=ON
+  # -DOPENVDB_AX_STATIC=OFF
+  # -DLLVM_DIR=${LIBDIR}/llvm/lib/cmake/llvm
+)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(openvdb
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OPENVDB_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${OPENVDB_HASH_TYPE}=${OPENVDB_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/openvdb
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/openvdb/src/openvdb < ${PATCH_DIR}/openvdb.diff
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/openvdb ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${OPENVDB_EXTRA_ARGS}
@@ -66,6 +61,8 @@ add_dependencies(
   external_boost
   external_zlib
   external_blosc
+  external_python
+  external_numpy
 )
 
 if(WIN32)
@@ -74,6 +71,7 @@ if(WIN32)
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openvdb/include
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib/openvdb.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openvdb/lib/openvdb.lib
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/bin/openvdb.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openvdb/bin/openvdb.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/site-packages/pyopenvdb.pyd ${HARVEST_TARGET}openvdb/python/pyopenvdb.pyd
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
@@ -81,6 +79,7 @@ if(WIN32)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(openvdb after_install
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib/openvdb_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openvdb/lib/openvdb_d.lib
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/bin/openvdb_d.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/openvdb/bin/openvdb_d.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/site-packages/pyopenvdb_d.pyd ${HARVEST_TARGET}openvdb/python/pyopenvdb_d.pyd
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/options.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/options.cmake
index 13e7fb58be2..44eca741e77 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   option(ENABLE_MINGW64 "Enable building of ffmpeg/iconv/libsndfile/fftw3 by installing mingw64" ON)
 endif()
 option(FORCE_CHECK_HASH "Force a check of all hashses during CMake the configure phase" OFF)
-option(WITH_BOOST_PYTHON "Enable building of boost with python support" OFF)
+
 cmake_host_system_information(RESULT NUM_CORES QUERY NUMBER_OF_LOGICAL_CORES)
 set(MAKE_THREADS ${NUM_CORES} CACHE STRING "Number of threads to run make with")
 
@@ -41,31 +41,36 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(LIBEXT ".lib")
   set(SHAREDLIBEXT ".lib")
   set(LIBPREFIX "")
-
+  set(MESON ${LIBDIR}/python/Scripts/meson)
   # For OIIO and OSL
-  set(COMMON_DEFINES /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS)
+  set(COMMON_DEFINES /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS)
 
   if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1909)
     set(COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS "/Wv:18") #some deps with warnings as error aren't quite ready for dealing with the new 2017 warnings.
   endif()
   string(APPEND COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS " /bigobj")
-  if(WITH_OPTIMIZED_DEBUG)
-    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /DNDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  else()
-    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1 /D_DEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  endif()
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O1 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /DNDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /O2 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  # To keep MSVC from oversubscribing the CPU, force it to single threaded mode
+  # msbuild/ninja will queue as many compile units as there are cores, no need for
+  # msvc to be internally threading as well.
+  string(APPEND COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS " /cgthreads1 ")
 
   if(WITH_OPTIMIZED_DEBUG)
-    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /D NDEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /D_DEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
   else()
-    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/D_DEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /MTd  ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1 /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1 /D_DEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
   endif()
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/MD /${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O1 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG  /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /D NDEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
-  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /O2 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O1 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /O2 /Ob2 /DNDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /O2 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+
+  if(WITH_OPTIMIZED_DEBUG)
+    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /D_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS /O2 /Ob2 /D_DEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS /DBOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON /DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB")
+  else()
+    set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/D_DEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /D_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS /MTd  ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1 /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS /DBOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON /DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB")
+  endif()
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/MD /${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /D_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS /O1 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG  /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /D_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS /O2 /Ob2 /D NDEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
+  set(BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/MD ${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /D_SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS /Zi /O2 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG /D PLATFORM_WINDOWS /DPSAPI_VERSION=2 /DTINYFORMAT_ALLOW_WCHAR_STRINGS")
 
   set(PLATFORM_FLAGS)
   set(PLATFORM_CXX_FLAGS)
@@ -76,6 +81,18 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(PERL_SHELL ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/perl/portableshell.bat)
   set(MINGW_HOST x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 
+  # some build systems like meson will respect the *nix like environment vars
+  # like CFLAGS and LDFlags but will still build with the MSVC compiler, so for
+  # those we need to empty out the gcc style flags that are normally in there.
+  set(CONFIGURE_ENV_MSVC
+    cd ${MINGW_PATH} &&
+    call ${PERL_SHELL} &&
+    call ${MINGW_SHELL} &&
+    set path &&
+    set CFLAGS= &&
+    set LDFLAGS=
+  )
+
   set(CONFIGURE_ENV
     cd ${MINGW_PATH} &&
     call ${PERL_SHELL} &&
@@ -98,10 +115,11 @@ if(WIN32)
 else()
   set(PATCH_CMD patch)
   set(LIBEXT ".a")
-  set(SHAREDLIBEXT ".so")
   set(LIBPREFIX "lib")
+  set(MESON ${LIBDIR}/python/bin/meson)
+if(APPLE)
+    set(SHAREDLIBEXT ".dylib")
 
-  if(APPLE)
     # Use same Xcode detection as Blender itself.
     include(../cmake/platform/platform_apple_xcode.cmake)
 
@@ -110,7 +128,7 @@ else()
     endif()
 
     set(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT} -mmacosx-version-min=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -arch ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
-    set(PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS "-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT} -mmacosx-version-min=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -arch ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
+    set(PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS "-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT} -mmacosx-version-min=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -std=c++17 -stdlib=libc++ -arch ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
     set(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS "-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT} -mmacosx-version-min=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -arch ${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
     if("${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}" STREQUAL "x86_64")
       set(PLATFORM_BUILD_TARGET --build=x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0) # OS X 10.13
@@ -123,12 +141,14 @@ else()
       -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT:PATH=${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}
     )
   else()
+    set(SHAREDLIBEXT ".so")
+
     if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" STREQUAL "aarch64")
       set(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM ON)
     endif()
 
     set(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-fPIC")
-    set(PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS "-std=c++11 -fPIC")
+    set(PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS "-std=c++17 -fPIC")
     set(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
     set(PLATFORM_BUILD_TARGET)
     set(PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib)
@@ -175,6 +195,7 @@ set(DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL=${BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=${BLENDER_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
   ${PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS}
 )
 
@@ -193,3 +214,11 @@ if(MSVC)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE LAZY)
+
+# On windows we sometimes want to build with ninja, but not all projects quite
+# yet, so for select project we pass PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR as the generator
+if(WIN32)
+  set(PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR "Ninja")
+else()
+  set(PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
+endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opus.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opus.cmake
index f4f77749e00..c5d1d207805 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opus.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/opus.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_opus
     --disable-shared
     --enable-static
     --with-pic
+    --disable-maintainer-mode
   BUILD_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/opus/src/external_opus/ && make -j${MAKE_THREADS}
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/opus/src/external_opus/ && make install
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/opus
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/osl.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/osl.cmake
index a5d000e4f44..05b079be2f6 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/osl.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/osl.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 else()
   set(OSL_CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES)
   set(OSL_FLEX_BISON)
-  set(OSL_OPENIMAGEIO_LIBRARY "${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/${LIBPREFIX}OpenImageIO${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/${LIBPREFIX}OpenImageIO_Util${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/png/lib/${LIBPREFIX}png16${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/jpeg/lib/${LIBPREFIX}jpeg${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/tiff/lib/${LIBPREFIX}tiff${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/${LIBPREFIX}IlmImf${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}")
+  set(OSL_OPENIMAGEIO_LIBRARY "${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO${SHAREDLIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/png/lib/${LIBPREFIX}png16${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/jpeg/lib/${LIBPREFIX}jpeg${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/tiff/lib/${LIBPREFIX}tiff${LIBEXT};${LIBDIR}/openexr/lib/IlmImf${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${SHAREDLIBEXT}")
 endif()
 
 set(OSL_EXTRA_ARGS
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(OSL_EXTRA_ARGS
   ${OSL_FLEX_BISON}
   -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=${OSL_CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}
   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-  -DLINKSTATIC=ON
+  -DLINKSTATIC=OFF
   -DOSL_BUILD_PLUGINS=OFF
   -DSTOP_ON_WARNING=OFF
   -DUSE_LLVM_BITCODE=OFF
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ set(OSL_EXTRA_ARGS
   -DTIFF_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/tiff
   -DJPEG_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/jpeg
   -DUSE_PYTHON=OFF
-  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
   -DImath_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/imath
+  -DUSE_OIIO_STATIC=OFF
 )
 
 ExternalProject_Add(external_osl
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OSL_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   LIST_SEPARATOR ^^
   URL_HASH ${OSL_HASH_TYPE}=${OSL_HASH}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/osl
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/pybind11.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/pybind11.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..986da7f0006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/pybind11.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+set(PYBIND11_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DPYBIND11_TEST=OFF
+  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_pybind11
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${PYBIND11_FILE}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  URL_HASH ${PYBIND11_HASH_TYPE}=${PYBIND11_HASH}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/pybind11
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/pybind11 ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${PYBIND11_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/pybind11
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_pybind11
+  external_python
+)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python.cmake
index 72ae27ddfdb..3d055a8af0b 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python.cmake
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ if(WIN32)
 
   set(PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python/externals)
   set(ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER ${BUILD_DIR}/zlib/src/external_zlib)
+  set(SSL_SOURCE_FOLDER ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl)
   set(DOWNLOADS_EXTERNALS_FOLDER ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/externals)
 
   cmake_to_dos_path(${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER} PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS)
   cmake_to_dos_path(${ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER} ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER_DOS)
+  cmake_to_dos_path(${SSL_SOURCE_FOLDER} SSL_SOURCE_FOLDER_DOS)
   cmake_to_dos_path(${DOWNLOADS_EXTERNALS_FOLDER} DOWNLOADS_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS)
 
   ExternalProject_Add(external_python
@@ -31,11 +33,15 @@ if(WIN32)
     # that beyond placing some code in their externals dir before it tries.
     # the foldernames *HAVE* to match the ones inside pythons get_externals.cmd.
     # python 3.10.8 still ships zlib 1.2.12, replace it with our 1.2.13
-    # copy until they update.
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND mkdir ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS} &&
+    # copy until they update. Same rules apply to openssl foldernames HAVE to match
+    # regardless of the version actually in there.
+    PATCH_COMMAND mkdir ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS} &&
       mklink /J ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS}\\zlib-1.2.12 ${ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER_DOS} &&
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER}/../external_zlib-build/zconf.h ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER}/zlib-1.2.12/zconf.h
-    BUILD_COMMAND cd ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python/pcbuild/ && set IncludeTkinter=false && call build.bat -e -p x64 -c ${BUILD_MODE}
+      mklink /J ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER_DOS}\\openssl-1.1.1q ${SSL_SOURCE_FOLDER_DOS} &&
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${ZLIB_SOURCE_FOLDER}/../external_zlib-build/zconf.h ${PYTHON_EXTERNALS_FOLDER}/zlib-1.2.12/zconf.h &&
+      ${PATCH_CMD} --verbose -p1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python < ${PATCH_DIR}/python_windows.diff
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND echo "."
+    BUILD_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV_MSVC} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python/pcbuild/ && set IncludeTkinter=false && set LDFLAGS=/DEBUG && call prepare_ssl.bat && call build.bat -e -p x64 -c ${BUILD_MODE}
     INSTALL_COMMAND ${PYTHON_BINARY_INTERNAL} ${PYTHON_SRC}/PC/layout/main.py -b ${PYTHON_SRC}/PCbuild/amd64 -s ${PYTHON_SRC} -t ${PYTHON_SRC}/tmp/ --include-stable --include-pip --include-dev --include-launchers  --include-venv --include-symbols ${PYTHON_EXTRA_INSTLAL_FLAGS} --copy ${LIBDIR}/python
   )
   add_dependencies(
@@ -69,11 +75,10 @@ else()
       set(PYTHON_FUNC_CONFIGS ${PYTHON_FUNC_CONFIGS} && export PYTHON_DECIMAL_WITH_MACHINE=ansi64)
     endif()
     set(PYTHON_CONFIGURE_ENV ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && ${PYTHON_FUNC_CONFIGS})
-    set(PYTHON_BINARY ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python/python.exe)
   else()
     set(PYTHON_CONFIGURE_ENV ${CONFIGURE_ENV})
-    set(PYTHON_BINARY ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python/python)
   endif()
+  set(PYTHON_BINARY ${LIBDIR}/python/bin/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION})
   # Link against zlib statically (Unix). Avoid rpath issues (macOS).
   set(PYTHON_PATCH ${PATCH_CMD} --verbose -p1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/python/src/external_python < ${PATCH_DIR}/python_unix.diff)
   set(PYTHON_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_ARGS "--with-openssl=${LIBDIR}/ssl")
@@ -97,14 +102,31 @@ else()
     INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/python)
 endif()
 
+add_dependencies(
+  external_python
+  external_ssl
+  external_zlib
+)
 if(UNIX)
   add_dependencies(
     external_python
     external_bzip2
     external_ffi
     external_lzma
-    external_ssl
     external_sqlite
-    external_zlib
   )
 endif()
+
+if(WIN32)
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_python after_install
+      # Boost can't keep it self from linking release python
+      # in a debug configuration even if all options are set
+      # correctly to instruct it to use the debug version
+      # of python. So just copy the debug imports file over
+      # and call it a day...
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/python/libs/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION_NO_DOTS}${PYTHON_POSTFIX}.lib ${LIBDIR}/python/libs/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION_NO_DOTS}.lib
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
index 55d0d6c7400..91baaa4df0f 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_python_site_packages
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PIP_CONFIGURE_COMMAND}
   BUILD_COMMAND ""
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/site_packages
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ${PYTHON_BINARY} -m pip install --no-cache-dir ${SITE_PACKAGES_EXTRA} cython==${CYTHON_VERSION} idna==${IDNA_VERSION} charset-normalizer==${CHARSET_NORMALIZER_VERSION} urllib3==${URLLIB3_VERSION} certifi==${CERTIFI_VERSION} requests==${REQUESTS_VERSION} zstandard==${ZSTANDARD_VERSION} autopep8==${AUTOPEP8_VERSION} pycodestyle==${PYCODESTYLE_VERSION} toml==${TOML_VERSION} --no-binary :all:
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ${PYTHON_BINARY} -m pip install --no-cache-dir ${SITE_PACKAGES_EXTRA} cython==${CYTHON_VERSION} idna==${IDNA_VERSION} charset-normalizer==${CHARSET_NORMALIZER_VERSION} urllib3==${URLLIB3_VERSION} certifi==${CERTIFI_VERSION} requests==${REQUESTS_VERSION} zstandard==${ZSTANDARD_VERSION} autopep8==${AUTOPEP8_VERSION} pycodestyle==${PYCODESTYLE_VERSION} toml==${TOML_VERSION} meson==${MESON_VERSION} --no-binary :all:
 )
 
 if(USE_PIP_NUMPY)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..669750913f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+set(SHADERC_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DSHADERC_SKIP_TESTS=On
+  -DSHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_spirv_tools/src/external_shaderc_spirv_tools
+  -DSHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_spirv_headers/src/external_shaderc_spirv_headers
+  -DSHADERC_GLSLANG_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_glslang/src/external_shaderc_glslang
+  -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
+  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_shaderc
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SHADERC_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${SHADERC_HASH_TYPE}=${SHADERC_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/shaderc ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${SHADERC_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/shaderc
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_shaderc
+  external_shaderc_spirv_tools
+  external_shaderc_spirv_headers
+  external_shaderc_glslang
+  external_python
+)
+
+
+if(WIN32)
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_shaderc after_install
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/shaderc/include ${HARVEST_TARGET}/shaderc/include
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/shaderc/bin/shaderc_shared.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/shaderc/bin/shaderc_shared.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/shaderc/lib/shaderc_shared.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/shaderc/lib/shaderc_shared.lib
+
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_shaderc after_install
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/shaderc/bin/shaderc_shared_d.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/shaderc/bin/shaderc_shared_d.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/shaderc/lib/shaderc_shared_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/shaderc/lib/shaderc_shared_d.lib
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc_deps.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc_deps.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfe14a55f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/shaderc_deps.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+
+# These are build time requirements for shaderc. We only have to unpack these
+# shaderc will build them.
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_shaderc_glslang
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SHADERC_GLSLANG_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${SHADERC_GLSLANG_HASH_TYPE}=${SHADERC_GLSLANG_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_glslang
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND echo .
+  BUILD_COMMAND echo .
+  INSTALL_COMMAND echo .
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_shaderc_spirv_headers
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_HASH_TYPE}=${SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_spirv_headers
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND echo .
+  BUILD_COMMAND echo .
+  INSTALL_COMMAND echo .
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_shaderc_spirv_tools
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_HASH_TYPE}=${SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_HASH}
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/shaderc_spirv_tools
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND echo .
+  BUILD_COMMAND echo .
+  INSTALL_COMMAND echo .
+)
+
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/sndfile.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/sndfile.cmake
index a2ac2a33779..1e4249e7e53 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/sndfile.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/sndfile.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 set(SNDFILE_EXTRA_ARGS)
-set(SNDFILE_ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${mingw_LIBDIR}/ogg/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR}/vorbis/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR}/flac/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR})
+set(SNDFILE_ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${mingw_LIBDIR}/ogg/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR}/vorbis/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR}/flac/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR}/opus/lib/pkgconfig:${mingw_LIBDIR})
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(SNDFILE_ENV set ${SNDFILE_ENV} &&)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ add_dependencies(
   external_sndfile
   external_ogg
   external_vorbis
+  external_opus
 )
 if(UNIX)
   add_dependencies(
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/ssl.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/ssl.cmake
index 628187dc0ac..6241e2d44e6 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/ssl.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/ssl.cmake
@@ -3,33 +3,47 @@
 set(SSL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./Configure)
 set(SSL_PATCH_CMD echo .)
 
-if(APPLE)
-  set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-darwin-${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
-  set(SSL_PATCH_CMD ${PATCH_CMD} --verbose -p 0 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl < ${PATCH_DIR}/ssl.diff)
+if(WIN32)
+  # Python will build this with its preferred build options and patches. We only need to unpack openssl
+  ExternalProject_Add(external_ssl
+    URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SSL_FILE}
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+    URL_HASH ${SSL_HASH_TYPE}=${SSL_HASH}
+    PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND echo "." 
+    BUILD_COMMAND echo "." 
+    INSTALL_COMMAND echo "." 
+    INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/ssl
+  )
 else()
-  if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
-    set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-aarch64")
-  elseif("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" EQUAL "8")
-    set(SSL_EXTRA_ARGS enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128)
-    set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-x86_64")
+  if(APPLE)
+    set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-darwin-${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
+    set(SSL_PATCH_CMD ${PATCH_CMD} --verbose -p 0 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl < ${PATCH_DIR}/ssl.diff)
   else()
-    set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-x86")
+    if(BLENDER_PLATFORM_ARM)
+      set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-aarch64")
+    elseif("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" EQUAL "8")
+      set(SSL_EXTRA_ARGS enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128)
+      set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-x86_64")
+    else()
+      set(SSL_OS_COMPILER "blender-linux-x86")
+    endif()
   endif()
-endif()
 
-ExternalProject_Add(external_ssl
-  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SSL_FILE}
-  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-  URL_HASH ${SSL_HASH_TYPE}=${SSL_HASH}
-  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl
-  PATCH_COMMAND ${SSL_PATCH_CMD}
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && ${SSL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND} --prefix=${LIBDIR}/ssl
-    --openssldir=${LIBDIR}/ssl
-    no-shared
-    no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5 no-zlib no-ssl3 enable-unit-test no-ssl3-method enable-rfc3779 enable-cms
-    --config=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ssl.conf
-    ${SSL_OS_COMPILER}
-  BUILD_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && make -j${MAKE_THREADS}
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && make install
-  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/ssl
-)
+  ExternalProject_Add(external_ssl
+    URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${SSL_FILE}
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+    URL_HASH ${SSL_HASH_TYPE}=${SSL_HASH}
+    PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl
+    PATCH_COMMAND ${SSL_PATCH_CMD}
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && ${SSL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND} --prefix=${LIBDIR}/ssl
+      --openssldir=${LIBDIR}/ssl
+      no-shared
+      no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5 no-zlib no-ssl3 enable-unit-test no-ssl3-method enable-rfc3779 enable-cms
+      --config=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ssl.conf
+      ${SSL_OS_COMPILER}
+    BUILD_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && make -j${MAKE_THREADS}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_ENV} && cd ${BUILD_DIR}/ssl/src/external_ssl/ && make install
+    INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/ssl
+  )
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/tbb.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/tbb.cmake
index 1c251fa37d9..17b1f0fd869 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/tbb.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/tbb.cmake
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-if(WIN32)
-  set(TBB_EXTRA_ARGS
-    -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=On
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC=On
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC_PROXY=On
-    -DTBB_BUILD_STATIC=Off
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-    -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_debug
-  )
-  set(TBB_LIBRARY tbb)
-  set(TBB_STATIC_LIBRARY Off)
-else()
-  set(TBB_EXTRA_ARGS
-    -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=Off
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC=On
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC_PROXY=Off
-    -DTBB_BUILD_STATIC=On
-    -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-  )
-  set(TBB_LIBRARY tbb_static)
-  set(TBB_STATIC_LIBRARY On)
-endif()
+set(TBB_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=On
+  -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC=On
+  -DTBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC_PROXY=On
+  -DTBB_BUILD_STATIC=Off
+  -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=Off
+  -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_debug
+)
+set(TBB_LIBRARY tbb)
+set(TBB_STATIC_LIBRARY Off)
 
 # CMake script for TBB from https://github.com/wjakob/tbb/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
 ExternalProject_Add(external_tbb
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/usd.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/usd.cmake
index 0661be3ba14..439d098a847 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/usd.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/usd.cmake
@@ -7,32 +7,56 @@ if(WIN32)
     # USD does not look for debug libs, nor does it link them
     # when building static, so this is just to keep find_package happy
     # if we ever link dynamically on windows util will need to be linked as well.
-    set(USD_OIIO_CMAKE_DEFINES "-DOIIO_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_d${LIBEXT}")
+    set(USD_OIIO_CMAKE_DEFINES "-DOIIO_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_d${LIBEXT}^^${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/OpenImageIO_util_d${LIBEXT}")
   endif()
   set(USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS
     ${USD_OIIO_CMAKE_DEFINES}
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${USD_CXX_FLAGS}
+    -D_PXR_CXX_DEFINITIONS=/DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
+    -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT=/LIBPATH:${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib
+    -DPython_FIND_REGISTRY=NEVER
+    -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LIBDIR}/python/include
+    -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/python/libs/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION_NO_DOTS}${PYTHON_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
   )
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
+    list(APPEND USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS -DPXR_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON=ON)
+    list(APPEND USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS -DOPENVDB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib/openvdb_d.lib)
+  endif()
+elseif(UNIX)
+  # Workaround USD not linking correctly with static Python library, where it would embed
+  # part of the interpret in the USD library. Allow undefined Python symbols and replace
+  # Python library with TBB so it doesn't complain about missing library.
+  set(USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS
+    -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/python/include/python${PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION}/
+    -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
+   )
+
+  if(APPLE)
+    set(USD_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Xlinker -undefined -Xlinker dynamic_lookup")
+    list(APPEND USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS
+      -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=${USD_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(USD_EXTRA_ARGS
   ${DEFAULT_BOOST_FLAGS}
   ${USD_PLATFORM_FLAGS}
-  # This is a preventative measure that avoids possible conflicts when add-ons
-  # try to load another USD library into the same process space.
-  -DPXR_SET_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE=usdBlender
   -DOPENSUBDIV_ROOT_DIR=${LIBDIR}/opensubdiv
   -DOpenImageIO_ROOT=${LIBDIR}/openimageio
-  -DOPENEXR_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/imath/lib/imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${LIBEXT}
+  -DOPENEXR_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/imath/lib/${LIBPREFIX}Imath${OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
   -DOPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBDIR}/imath/include
-  -DPXR_ENABLE_PYTHON_SUPPORT=OFF
+  -DImath_DIR=${LIBDIR}/imath
+  -DOPENVDB_LOCATION=${LIBDIR}/openvdb
+  -DPXR_ENABLE_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON
+  -DPXR_USE_PYTHON_3=ON
   -DPXR_BUILD_IMAGING=ON
   -DPXR_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
   -DPXR_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
   -DPXR_BUILD_TUTORIALS=OFF
+  -DPXR_BUILD_USDVIEW=OFF
   -DPXR_ENABLE_HDF5_SUPPORT=OFF
   -DPXR_ENABLE_MATERIALX_SUPPORT=OFF
-  -DPXR_ENABLE_OPENVDB_SUPPORT=OFF
+  -DPXR_ENABLE_OPENVDB_SUPPORT=ON
   -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_BINARY}
   -DPXR_BUILD_MONOLITHIC=ON
   # OSL is an optional dependency of the Imaging module. However, since that
@@ -40,41 +64,36 @@ set(USD_EXTRA_ARGS
   # cube, etc.) to geometry, it's not necessary. Disabling it will make it
   # simpler to build Blender; currently only Cycles uses OSL.
   -DPXR_ENABLE_OSL_SUPPORT=OFF
-  # GL support on Linux also links to X11 libraries. Enabling it would break
-  # headless or Wayland-only builds. OpenGL support would be useful if someone
-  # wants to work on a Hydra viewport in Blender; when that's actually being
-  # worked on, we could patch in a new PXR_ENABLE_X11_SUPPORT option (to
-  # separate OpenGL from X11) and contribute it upstream.
-  -DPXR_ENABLE_GL_SUPPORT=OFF
-  # Disable Metal since USD fails to build this when OpenGL is disabled.
-  -DPXR_ENABLE_METAL_SUPPORT=OFF
-  # OIIO is used for loading image textures in Hydra Storm / Embree renderers,
-  # which we don't use.
-  -DPXR_BUILD_OPENIMAGEIO_PLUGIN=OFF
+  # Enable OpenGL for Hydra support. Note that this indirectly also adds an X11
+  # dependency on Linux. This would be good to eliminate for headless and Wayland
+  # only builds, however is not worse than what Blender already links to for
+  # official releases currently.
+  -DPXR_ENABLE_GL_SUPPORT=ON
+  # OIIO is used for loading image textures in Hydra Storm / Embree renderers.
+  -DPXR_BUILD_OPENIMAGEIO_PLUGIN=ON
   # USD 22.03 does not support OCIO 2.x
   # Tracking ticket https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/issues/1386
   -DPXR_BUILD_OPENCOLORIO_PLUGIN=OFF
   -DPXR_ENABLE_PTEX_SUPPORT=OFF
   -DPXR_BUILD_USD_TOOLS=OFF
   -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off
-  # USD is hellbound on making a shared library,
-  # unless you point this variable to a valid CMAKE file doesn't have to make sense,
-  # but as long as it points somewhere valid it will skip the shared library.
-  -DPXR_MONOLITHIC_IMPORT=${BUILD_DIR}/usd/src/external_usd/cmake/defaults/Version.cmake
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
   -DTBB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LIBDIR}/tbb/include
-  -DTBB_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${LIBEXT}
-  -DTbb_TBB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${LIBEXT}
+  -DTBB_LIBRARIES=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
+  -DTbb_TBB_LIBRARY=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
+  -DTBB_tbb_LIBRARY_RELEASE=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
   # USD wants the tbb debug lib set even when you are doing a release build
   # Otherwise it will error out during the cmake configure phase.
-  -DTBB_LIBRARIES_DEBUG=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${LIBEXT}
+  -DTBB_LIBRARIES_DEBUG=${LIBDIR}/tbb/lib/${LIBPREFIX}${TBB_LIBRARY}${SHAREDLIBEXT}
 )
 
 ExternalProject_Add(external_usd
   URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${USD_FILE}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${USD_HASH_TYPE}=${USD_HASH}
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/usd
+  LIST_SEPARATOR ^^
   PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_CMD} -p 1 -d ${BUILD_DIR}/usd/src/external_usd < ${PATCH_DIR}/usd.diff
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/usd -Wno-dev ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${USD_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/usd
@@ -85,10 +104,12 @@ add_dependencies(
   external_tbb
   external_boost
   external_opensubdiv
+  external_python
+  external_openimageio
+  openvdb
 )
 
-# Since USD 21.11 the libraries are prefixed with "usd_", i.e.
-# "libusd_m.a" became "libusd_usd_m.a".
+# Since USD 21.11 the libraries are prefixed with "usd_", i.e. "libusd_m.a" became "libusd_usd_m.a".
 # See https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/blob/release/CHANGELOG.md#2111---2021-11-01
 if(NOT WIN32)
   if (USD_VERSION VERSION_LESS 21.11)
@@ -101,27 +122,16 @@ endif()
 if(WIN32)
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_usd after_install
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/usd/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${BUILD_DIR}/usd/src/external_usd-build/pxr/Release/usd_usd_m.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m.lib
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/usd ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Debug)
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_usd after_install
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${BUILD_DIR}/usd/src/external_usd-build/pxr/Debug/usd_usd_m_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m_d.lib
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/python ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/debug/python
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.dll ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.dll
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.lib ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.lib
       DEPENDEES install
     )
   endif()
-else()
-  # USD has two build options. The default build creates lots of small libraries,
-  # whereas the 'monolithic' build produces only a single library. The latter
-  # makes linking simpler, so that's what we use in Blender. However, running
-  # 'make install' in the USD sources doesn't install the static library in that
-  # case (only the shared library). As a result, we need to grab the `libusd_m.a`
-  # file from the build directory instead of from the install directory.
-  ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_usd after_install
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${BUILD_DIR}/usd/src/external_usd-build/pxr/lib${PXR_LIB_PREFIX}usd_m.a ${HARVEST_TARGET}/usd/lib/lib${PXR_LIB_PREFIX}usd_m.a
-    DEPENDEES install
-  )
 endif()
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
index 4f4330b56f4..507fab2dc09 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ set(JPEG_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(JPEG_FILE libjpeg-turbo-${JPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(JPEG_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:d.r.commander:libjpeg-turbo:${JPEG_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
-set(BOOST_VERSION 1.78.0)
-set(BOOST_VERSION_SHORT 1.78)
-set(BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS 1_78_0)
-set(BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS_SHORT 1_78)
+set(BOOST_VERSION 1.80.0)
+set(BOOST_VERSION_SHORT 1.80)
+set(BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS 1_80_0)
+set(BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS_SHORT 1_80)
 set(BOOST_URI https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${BOOST_VERSION}/source/boost_${BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS}.tar.gz)
-set(BOOST_HASH c2f6428ac52b0e5a3c9b2e1d8cc832b5)
+set(BOOST_HASH 077f074743ea7b0cb49c6ed43953ae95)
 set(BOOST_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(BOOST_FILE boost_${BOOST_VERSION_NODOTS}.tar.gz)
 set(BOOST_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:${BOOST_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ if(WIN32)
   # we need to tell the build the postfix is _s while
   # telling all other deps the postfix is _s_d
   if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
-    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX _s)
-    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX _s)
+    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX )
+    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX )
   else()
-    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX _s_d)
-    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX _s)
+    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_POSTFIX _d)
+    set(OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX )
   endif()
 else()
   set(OPENEXR_VERSION_BUILD_POSTFIX)
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ set(ALEMBIC_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(ALEMBIC_FILE alembic-${ALEMBIC_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 SET(FREETYPE_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:${FREETYPE_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
-set(OPENSUBDIV_VERSION v3_4_4)
+set(OPENSUBDIV_VERSION v3_5_0)
 set(OPENSUBDIV_URI https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv/archive/${OPENSUBDIV_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(OPENSUBDIV_HASH 39ecc5caf0abebc943d1ce131855e76e)
+set(OPENSUBDIV_HASH 230f5cd2911d6240e58a3773b9c6e5e4)
 set(OPENSUBDIV_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENSUBDIV_FILE opensubdiv-${OPENSUBDIV_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
@@ -133,12 +133,18 @@ set(OPENCOLLADA_HASH ee7dae874019fea7be11613d07567493)
 set(OPENCOLLADA_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENCOLLADA_FILE opencollada-${OPENCOLLADA_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
-set(OPENCOLORIO_VERSION 2.1.1)
+set(OPENCOLORIO_VERSION 2.2.0)
 set(OPENCOLORIO_URI https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/archive/v${OPENCOLORIO_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(OPENCOLORIO_HASH 604f562e073f23d88ce89ed4f7f709ba)
+set(OPENCOLORIO_HASH d58a5980adba2d89a363100a09daa5f3)
 set(OPENCOLORIO_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENCOLORIO_FILE OpenColorIO-${OPENCOLORIO_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
+set(MINIZIPNG_VERSION 3.0.7)
+set(MINIZIPNG_URI https://github.com/zlib-ng/minizip-ng/archive/${MINIZIPNG_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(MINIZIPNG_HASH 09dcc8a9def348e1be9659e384c2cd55)
+set(MINIZIPNG_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(MINIZIPNG_FILE minizip-ng-${MINIZIPNG_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
 set(LLVM_VERSION 12.0.0)
 set(LLVM_URI https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-${LLVM_VERSION}/llvm-project-${LLVM_VERSION}.src.tar.xz)
 set(LLVM_HASH 5a4fab4d7fc84aefffb118ac2c8a4fc0)
@@ -159,9 +165,9 @@ set(OPENMP_URI https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-${
 set(OPENMP_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENMP_FILE openmp-${OPENMP_VERSION}.src.tar.xz)
 
-set(OPENIMAGEIO_VERSION v2.3.20.0)
+set(OPENIMAGEIO_VERSION v2.4.6.0)
 set(OPENIMAGEIO_URI https://github.com/OpenImageIO/oiio/archive/refs/tags/${OPENIMAGEIO_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(OPENIMAGEIO_HASH defb1fe7c8e64bac60eb3cacaf5c3736)
+set(OPENIMAGEIO_HASH c7acc1b9a8fda04ef48f7de1feda4dae)
 set(OPENIMAGEIO_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENIMAGEIO_FILE OpenImageIO-${OPENIMAGEIO_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
@@ -189,9 +195,9 @@ set(TIFF_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(TIFF_FILE tiff-${TIFF_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(TIFF_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:${TIFF_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
-set(OSL_VERSION 1.12.6.2)
-set(OSL_URI https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/archive/refs/tags/v${OSL_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(OSL_HASH 6fef11548adfdd3e5b25c49d2dae96ee)
+set(OSL_VERSION 1.12.7.1)
+set(OSL_URI https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/archive/v${OSL_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(OSL_HASH 53211da86c34ba6e0344998c1a6d219c)
 set(OSL_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OSL_FILE OpenShadingLanguage-${OSL_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
@@ -212,9 +218,9 @@ set(TBB_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(TBB_FILE oneTBB-${TBB_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(TBB_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:intel:threading_building_blocks:${TBB_YEAR}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
-set(OPENVDB_VERSION 9.0.0)
+set(OPENVDB_VERSION 10.0.0)
 set(OPENVDB_URI https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb/archive/v${OPENVDB_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(OPENVDB_HASH 684ce40c2f74f3a0c9cac530e1c7b07e)
+set(OPENVDB_HASH 64301c737e16b26c8f3085a31e6397e9)
 set(OPENVDB_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(OPENVDB_FILE openvdb-${OPENVDB_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
@@ -224,7 +230,7 @@ set(URLLIB3_VERSION 1.26.8)
 set(URLLIB3_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:urllib3:urllib3:${URLLIB3_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 set(CERTIFI_VERSION 2021.10.8)
 set(REQUESTS_VERSION 2.27.1)
-set(CYTHON_VERSION 0.29.26)
+set(CYTHON_VERSION 0.29.30)
 # The version of the zstd library used to build the Python package should match ZSTD_VERSION
 # defined below. At this time of writing, 0.17.0 was already released,
 # but built against zstd 1.5.1, while we use 1.5.0.
@@ -232,13 +238,14 @@ set(ZSTANDARD_VERSION 0.16.0)
 set(AUTOPEP8_VERSION 1.6.0)
 set(PYCODESTYLE_VERSION 2.8.0)
 set(TOML_VERSION 0.10.2)
+set(MESON_VERSION 0.63.0)
 
-set(NUMPY_VERSION 1.22.0)
-set(NUMPY_SHORT_VERSION 1.22)
-set(NUMPY_URI https://github.com/numpy/numpy/releases/download/v${NUMPY_VERSION}/numpy-${NUMPY_VERSION}.zip)
-set(NUMPY_HASH 252de134862a27bd66705d29622edbfe)
+set(NUMPY_VERSION 1.23.2)
+set(NUMPY_SHORT_VERSION 1.23)
+set(NUMPY_URI https://github.com/numpy/numpy/releases/download/v${NUMPY_VERSION}/numpy-${NUMPY_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(NUMPY_HASH 9bf2a361509797de14ceee607387fe0f)
 set(NUMPY_HASH_TYPE MD5)
-set(NUMPY_FILE numpy-${NUMPY_VERSION}.zip)
+set(NUMPY_FILE numpy-${NUMPY_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(NUMPY_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:numpy:numpy:${NUMPY_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
 set(LAME_VERSION 3.100)
@@ -359,9 +366,9 @@ set(XML2_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(XML2_FILE libxml2-${XML2_VERSION}.tar.xz)
 set(XML2_CPE "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:${XML2_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
 
-set(YAMLCPP_VERSION 0.6.3)
+set(YAMLCPP_VERSION 0.7.0)
 set(YAMLCPP_URI https://codeload.github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/tar.gz/yaml-cpp-${YAMLCPP_VERSION})
-set(YAMLCPP_HASH b45bf1089a382e81f6b661062c10d0c2)
+set(YAMLCPP_HASH 74d646a3cc1b5d519829441db96744f0)
 set(YAMLCPP_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(YAMLCPP_FILE yaml-cpp-${YAMLCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(YAMLCPP "cpe:2.3:a:yaml-cpp_project:yaml-cpp:${YAMLCPP_VERSION}:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")
@@ -457,12 +464,18 @@ set(EMBREE_HASH 52d0be294d6c88ba7a6c9e046796e7be)
 set(EMBREE_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(EMBREE_FILE embree-v${EMBREE_VERSION}.zip)
 
-set(USD_VERSION 22.03)
+set(USD_VERSION 22.11)
 set(USD_URI https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/archive/v${USD_VERSION}.tar.gz)
-set(USD_HASH e0e441a05057692a83124a1195b09eed)
+set(USD_HASH 8c89459e48a2ef0e7ae9e7e490377507)
 set(USD_HASH_TYPE MD5)
 set(USD_FILE usd-v${USD_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 
+set(MATERIALX_VERSION 1.38.6)
+set(MATERIALX_URI https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX/archive/refs/tags/v${MATERIALX_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(MATERIALX_HASH d49c9fdef34b5702fc60058d3e1864f2)
+set(MATERIALX_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(MATERIALX_FILE materialx-v${MATERIALX_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
 set(OIDN_VERSION 1.4.3)
 set(OIDN_URI https://github.com/OpenImageDenoise/oidn/releases/download/v${OIDN_VERSION}/oidn-${OIDN_VERSION}.src.tar.gz)
 set(OIDN_HASH 027093eaf5e8b4e45835b991137b38e6)
@@ -708,3 +721,60 @@ set(AOM_URI https://storage.googleapis.com/aom-releases/libaom-${AOM_VERSION}.ta
 set(AOM_HASH bd754b58c3fa69f3ffd29da77de591bd9c26970e3b18537951336d6c0252e354)
 set(AOM_HASH_TYPE SHA256)
 set(AOM_FILE libaom-${AOM_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(FRIBIDI_VERSION v1.0.12)
+set(FRIBIDI_URI https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/archive/refs/tags/${FRIBIDI_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(FRIBIDI_HASH 2e9e859876571f03567ac91e5ed3b5308791f31cda083408c2b60fa1fe00a39d)
+set(FRIBIDI_HASH_TYPE SHA256)
+set(FRIBIDI_FILE fribidi-${FRIBIDI_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(HARFBUZZ_VERSION 5.1.0)
+set(HARFBUZZ_URI https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/${HARFBUZZ_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(HARFBUZZ_HASH 5352ff2eec538ea9a63a485cf01ad8332a3f63aa79921c5a2e301cef185caea1)
+set(HARFBUZZ_HASH_TYPE SHA256)
+set(HARFBUZZ_FILE harfbuzz-${HARFBUZZ_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(SHADERC_VERSION v2022.3)
+set(SHADERC_URI https://github.com/google/shaderc/archive/${SHADERC_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(SHADERC_HASH 5cb762af57637caf997d5f46baa4e8a4)
+set(SHADERC_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(SHADERC_FILE shaderc-${SHADERC_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+# The versions of shaderc's dependencies can be found in the root of shaderc's
+# source in a file called DEPS.
+
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_VERSION eb0a36633d2acf4de82588504f951ad0f2cecacb)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_URI https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/archive/${SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_HASH a4bdb8161f0e959c75d0d82d367c24f2)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_FILE SPIRV-Tools-${SHADERC_SPIRV_TOOLS_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_VERSION 85a1ed200d50660786c1a88d9166e871123cce39)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_URI https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/archive/${SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_HASH 10d5e8160f39344a641523810b075568)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_FILE SPIRV-Headers-${SHADERC_SPIRV_HEADERS_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(SHADERC_GLSLANG_VERSION 89db4e1caa273a057ea46deba709c6e50001b314)
+set(SHADERC_GLSLANG_URI https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/archive/${SHADERC_GLSLANG_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(SHADERC_GLSLANG_HASH 3b3c79ad8e9132ffcb8b63cc29c532e2)
+set(SHADERC_GLSLANG_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(SHADERC_GLSLANG_FILE glslang-${SHADERC_GLSLANG_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(VULKAN_VERSION v1.2.198)
+
+set(VULKAN_HEADERS_URI https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers/archive/refs/tags/${VULKAN_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(VULKAN_HEADERS_HASH 64fe73e887c963ad546bfc7f9505fa1d)
+set(VULKAN_HEADERS_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(VULKAN_HEADERS_FILE Vulkan-Headers-${VULKAN_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(VULKAN_LOADER_URI https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/archive/refs/tags/${VULKAN_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(VULKAN_LOADER_HASH 015170a74f648fd2b41e209b6bf1ebc4)
+set(VULKAN_LOADER_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(VULKAN_LOADER_FILE Vulkan-Loader-${VULKAN_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+
+set(PYBIND11_VERSION 2.10.1)
+set(PYBIND11_URI https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v${PYBIND11_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(PYBIND11_HASH ce07bfd5089245da7807b3faf6cbc878)
+set(PYBIND11_HASH_TYPE MD5)
+set(PYBIND11_FILE pybind-v${PYBIND11_VERSION}.tar.gz)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/vulkan.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/vulkan.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fd94dd59be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/vulkan.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+
+set(VULKAN_HEADERS_EXTRA_ARGS)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_vulkan_headers
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${VULKAN_HEADERS_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${VULKAN_HEADERS_HASH_TYPE}=${VULKAN_HEADERS_HASH}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/vulkan_headers
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/vulkan_headers -Wno-dev ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${VULKAN_HEADERS_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/vulkan_headers
+)
+
+set(VULKAN_LOADER_EXTRA_ARGS
+  -DVULKAN_HEADERS_INSTALL_DIR=${LIBDIR}/vulkan_headers
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_vulkan_loader
+  URL file://${PACKAGE_DIR}/${VULKAN_LOADER_FILE}
+  URL_HASH ${VULKAN_LOADER_HASH_TYPE}=${VULKAN_LOADER_HASH}
+  PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/vulkan_loader
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/vulkan_loader -Wno-dev ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${VULKAN_LOADER_EXTRA_ARGS}
+  INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/vulkan_loader
+)
+
+add_dependencies(
+  external_vulkan_loader
+  external_vulkan_headers
+)
+
+if(WIN32)
+  if(BUILD_MODE STREQUAL Release)
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_vulkan_loader after_install
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/vulkan_loader/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/vulkan
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${LIBDIR}/vulkan_headers/ ${HARVEST_TARGET}/vulkan
+      DEPENDEES install
+    )
+  endif()
+endif()
+
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland.cmake
index c73db1d10ff..279ca6a787c 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_wayland
   # NOTE: `-lm` is needed for `libxml2` which is a static library that uses `libm.so`,
   # without this, math symbols such as `floor` aren't found.
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${LIBDIR}/expat/lib/pkgconfig:${LIBDIR}/xml2/lib/pkgconfig:${LIBDIR}/ffi/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-                    meson --prefix ${LIBDIR}/wayland -Ddocumentation=false -Dtests=false -D "c_link_args=-L${LIBDIR}/ffi/lib -lm" . ../external_wayland
+                    ${MESON} --prefix ${LIBDIR}/wayland -Ddocumentation=false -Dtests=false -D "c_link_args=-L${LIBDIR}/ffi/lib -lm" . ../external_wayland
   BUILD_COMMAND ninja
   INSTALL_COMMAND ninja install
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland_protocols.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland_protocols.cmake
index 9bdbc38fd6c..6d5ff3eb89e 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland_protocols.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/wayland_protocols.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_wayland_protocols
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/wayland-protocols
   # Use `-E` so the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` can be defined to link against our own WAYLAND.
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${LIBDIR}/wayland/lib64/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-                    meson --prefix ${LIBDIR}/wayland-protocols . ../external_wayland_protocols -Dtests=false
+                    ${MESON} --prefix ${LIBDIR}/wayland-protocols . ../external_wayland_protocols -Dtests=false
   BUILD_COMMAND ninja
   INSTALL_COMMAND ninja install
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/yamlcpp.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/yamlcpp.cmake
index abf6387fe36..d3be8854c57 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/yamlcpp.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/yamlcpp.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_yamlcpp
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   URL_HASH ${YAMLCPP_HASH_TYPE}=${YAMLCPP_HASH}
   PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}/yamlcpp
+  CMAKE_GENERATOR ${PLATFORM_ALT_GENERATOR}
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBDIR}/yamlcpp ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${YAMLCPP_EXTRA_ARGS}
   INSTALL_DIR ${LIBDIR}/yamlcpp
 )
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/darwin/set_rpath.py b/build_files/build_environment/darwin/set_rpath.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..190e619a5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/darwin/set_rpath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# macOS utility to remove all rpaths and add a new one.
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+rpath = sys.argv[1]
+file = sys.argv[2]
+
+# Find existing rpaths and delete them one by one.
+p = subprocess.run(['otool', '-l', file], capture_output=True)
+tokens = p.stdout.split()
+
+for i, token in enumerate(tokens):
+    if token == b'LC_RPATH':
+        old_rpath = tokens[i + 4]
+        subprocess.run(['install_name_tool', '-delete_rpath', old_rpath, file])
+
+subprocess.run(['install_name_tool', '-add_rpath', rpath, file])
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh b/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh
index 26da5819884..c7b4c5930af 100755
--- a/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh
@@ -3187,7 +3187,6 @@ compile_USD() {
     if [ -d $INST/tbb ]; then
       cmake_d="$cmake_d $cmake_d -D TBB_ROOT_DIR=$INST/tbb"
     fi
-    cmake_d="$cmake_d -DPXR_SET_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE=usdBlender"
     cmake_d="$cmake_d -DPXR_ENABLE_PYTHON_SUPPORT=OFF"
     cmake_d="$cmake_d -DPXR_BUILD_IMAGING=OFF"
     cmake_d="$cmake_d -DPXR_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/boost.user.jam.in b/build_files/build_environment/patches/boost.user.jam.in
index b615b0cafad..b20a90d522c 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/boost.user.jam.in
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/boost.user.jam.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 using python : @PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION@ : @PYTHON_BINARY@
- : @LIBDIR@/python/include @LIBDIR@/python/include/python@PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION@m/ 
+ : @LIBDIR@/python/include @LIBDIR@/python/include/python@PYTHON_SHORT_VERSION@/ 
  : @LIBDIR@/python/libs  
 ;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/materialx.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/materialx.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..024d4b6ad74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/materialx.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Naur orig/source/PyMaterialX/PyBind11/tools/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake external_materialx/source/PyMaterialX/PyBind11/tools/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
+--- orig/source/PyMaterialX/PyBind11/tools/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake      2022-11-04 14:23:29 -0600
++++ external_materialx/source/PyMaterialX/PyBind11/tools/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake        2022-11-08 11:58:45 -0700
+@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
+ string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "/" PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES "${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES}")
+
+ if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
++  if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE MATCHES "_d.exe$")
++    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY_SUFFIX ${PYTHON_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}_d)
++  endif()
+   set(PYTHON_LIBRARY "${PYTHON_PREFIX}/libs/python${PYTHON_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.lib")
+
+   # when run in a venv, PYTHON_PREFIX points to it. But the libraries remain in the
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/opencollada.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/opencollada.diff
index 02eab251a13..edb831dc20f 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/opencollada.diff
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/opencollada.diff
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ index 95abbe2..4f14f30 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ if(USE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME)
- endif()
- 
- #adding PCRE
--find_package(PCRE)
-+#find_package(PCRE)
- if (PCRE_FOUND)
- 	message(STATUS "SUCCESSFUL: PCRE found")
- else ()  # if pcre not found building its local copy from ./Externals
--	if (WIN32 OR APPLE)
-+	if (1)
- 		message("WARNING: Native PCRE not found, taking PCRE from ./Externals")
- 		add_definitions(-DPCRE_STATIC)
- 		add_subdirectory(${EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES}/pcre)
+ endif()
+ 
+ #adding PCRE
+-find_package(PCRE)
++#find_package(PCRE)
+ if (PCRE_FOUND)
+ 	message(STATUS "SUCCESSFUL: PCRE found")
+ else ()  # if pcre not found building its local copy from ./Externals
+-	if (WIN32 OR APPLE)
++	if (1)
+ 		message("WARNING: Native PCRE not found, taking PCRE from ./Externals")
+ 		add_definitions(-DPCRE_STATIC)
+ 		add_subdirectory(${EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES}/pcre)
 diff --git a/DAEValidator/CMakeLists.txt b/DAEValidator/CMakeLists.txt
 index 03ad540..f7d05cf 100644
 --- a/DAEValidator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ index 40081e7..e1d1bfa 100644
 --- a/Externals/LibXML/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/Externals/LibXML/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ add_definitions(
- 		-DLIBXML_SCHEMAS_ENABLED
- 		-DLIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED
- 		-DLIBXML_TREE_ENABLED
-+		-DLIBXML_STATIC
- 	)
- 	
- if(USE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME)
+ 		-DLIBXML_SCHEMAS_ENABLED
+ 		-DLIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED
+ 		-DLIBXML_TREE_ENABLED
++		-DLIBXML_STATIC
+ 	)
+ 	
+ if(USE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME)
 diff --git a/GeneratedSaxParser/src/GeneratedSaxParserUtils.cpp b/GeneratedSaxParser/src/GeneratedSaxParserUtils.cpp
 index 1f9a3ee..d151e9a 100644
 --- a/GeneratedSaxParser/src/GeneratedSaxParserUtils.cpp
@@ -155,3 +155,15 @@ diff -Naur a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
  
  # Library export
  install(EXPORT LibraryExport DESTINATION ${OPENCOLLADA_INST_CMAKECONFIG} FILE OpenCOLLADATargets.cmake)
+diff -Naur OpenCOLLADA-1.6.68/common/libBuffer/include/CommonFWriteBufferFlusher.h external_opencollada/common/libBuffer/include/CommonFWriteBufferFlusher.h
+--- OpenCOLLADA-1.6.68/common/libBuffer/include/CommonFWriteBufferFlusher.h	2018-11-26 14:43:10 -0700
++++ external_opencollada/common/libBuffer/include/CommonFWriteBufferFlusher.h	2022-08-19 11:36:04 -0600
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ #	include <tr1/unordered_map>
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef _LIBCPP_VERSION
++#if defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) || defined(WIN32)
+ // If we're compiling with libc++, create a namespace alias for tr1 that points to std.
+ // Not particularly elegant, and largely should be filed under "hack", but it works for OS X with clang for now.
+ namespace std {
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/openimageio.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/openimageio.diff
index d05fc1f295f..f4a4627fa03 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/openimageio.diff
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/openimageio.diff
@@ -21,16 +21,3 @@ diff -Naur orig/src/cmake/compiler.cmake external_openimageio/src/cmake/compiler
  endif (MSVC)
  
  if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD"
-diff -Naur orig/src/include/OpenImageIO/platform.h external_openimageio/src/include/OpenImageIO/platform.h
---- orig/src/include/OpenImageIO/platform.h	2020-05-10 21:43:52 -0600
-+++ external_openimageio/src/include/OpenImageIO/platform.h	2020-05-13 17:04:36 -0600
-@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
- #    ifndef NOMINMAX
- #        define NOMINMAX
- #    endif
-+#    ifndef NOGDI
-+#        define NOGDI
-+#    endif
- #    include <windows.h>
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/openvdb.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/openvdb.diff
index f716df3d6e3..9896460c26c 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/openvdb.diff
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/openvdb.diff
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
-diff -ur openvdb-9.0.0/cmake/FindTBB.cmake openvdb/cmake/FindTBB.cmake
---- openvdb-9.0.0/cmake/FindTBB.cmake	2021-10-30 03:55:40.000000000 +0100
-+++ openvdb/cmake/FindTBB.cmake	2022-03-31 11:33:15.592329750 +0100
-@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@
-       set(_TBB_LIB_NAME "${_TBB_LIB_NAME}${TBB_DEBUG_SUFFIX}")
-     endif()
- 
--    find_library(Tbb_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY_${BUILD_TYPE} ${_TBB_LIB_NAME}
-+    find_library(Tbb_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY_${BUILD_TYPE}
-+      NAMES ${_TBB_LIB_NAME} ${_TBB_LIB_NAME}_static
-       ${_FIND_TBB_ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS}
-       PATHS ${_TBB_LIBRARYDIR_SEARCH_DIRS}
-       PATH_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} lib64 lib
 diff -Naur openvdb-8.0.0/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt openvdb/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
 --- openvdb-8.0.0/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2020-12-24 10:13:14 -0700
 +++ openvdb/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2021-02-05 11:18:33 -0700
-@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@
-   #        http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/CMake-config-scripts-broken-in-1-70-td4708957.html
-   #        https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/commit/160c7cb2b2c720e74463865ef0454d4c4cd9ae7c
-   set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
--  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
-+  if(NOT WIN32) # blender links boost statically on windows
-+    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
-+  endif()
- endif()
- 
- find_package(Boost ${MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS iostreams system)
 @@ -146,6 +148,7 @@
          Boost::disable_autolinking  # add -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
        )
@@ -99,321 +75,18 @@ diff -Naur openvdb-8.0.0/openvdb/openvdb/version.rc.in openvdb/openvdb/openvdb/v
 +
 +    END
 +END
-diff --git a/nanovdb/nanovdb/NanoVDB.h b/nanovdb/nanovdb/NanoVDB.h
-index cc2e54b77..703d2eabc 100644
---- a/nanovdb/nanovdb/NanoVDB.h
-+++ b/nanovdb/nanovdb/NanoVDB.h
-@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+diff -Naur orig/openvdb/openvdb/tree/ValueAccessor.h openvdb/openvdb/openvdb/tree/ValueAccessor.h
+--- orig/openvdb/openvdb/tree/ValueAccessor.h	2022-11-02 13:58:26 -0600
++++ openvdb/openvdb/openvdb/tree/ValueAccessor.h	2022-11-02 18:55:09 -0600
+@@ -872,7 +872,10 @@
+     using LeafNodeType = typename NodeType::LeafNodeType;
+     using CoordLimits = std::numeric_limits<Int32>;
  
- #endif // __CUDACC_RTC__
+-    static_assert(std::is_same<NodeType, LeafNodeType>::value);
++    // Blender: Technically not an issue in OpenVDB, but USD 21.11 still builds 
++    // as C++14 which does not support terse asserts yet. Add a message to 
++    // explicitly select the C++14 supported static assert.
++    static_assert(std::is_same<NodeType, LeafNodeType>::value, "cache item node type is not leaf node type");
  
--#ifdef __CUDACC__
--// Only define __hostdev__ when using NVIDIA CUDA compiler
-+#if defined(__CUDACC__) || defined(__HIP__)
-+// Only define __hostdev__ when using NVIDIA CUDA or HIP compiler
- #define __hostdev__ __host__ __device__
- #else
- #define __hostdev__
-@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ struct Delta<double>
- /// Maximum floating-point values
- template<typename T>
- struct Maximum;
--#ifdef __CUDA_ARCH__
-+#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) || defined(__HIP__)
- template<>
- struct Maximum<int>
- {
-@@ -1176,10 +1176,10 @@ using Vec3f = Vec3<float>;
- using Vec3i = Vec3<int>;
- 
- /// @brief Return a single precision floating-point vector of this coordinate
--Vec3f Coord::asVec3s() const { return Vec3f(float(mVec[0]), float(mVec[1]), float(mVec[2])); }
-+__hostdev__ inline Vec3f Coord::asVec3s() const { return Vec3f(float(mVec[0]), float(mVec[1]), float(mVec[2])); }
- 
- /// @brief Return a double precision floating-point vector of this coordinate
--Vec3d Coord::asVec3d() const { return Vec3d(double(mVec[0]), double(mVec[1]), double(mVec[2])); }
-+__hostdev__ inline Vec3d Coord::asVec3d() const { return Vec3d(double(mVec[0]), double(mVec[1]), double(mVec[2])); }
- 
- // ----------------------------> Vec4 <--------------------------------------
- 
-@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ struct Map
- }; // Map
- 
- template<typename Mat4T>
--void Map::set(const Mat4T& mat, const Mat4T& invMat, double taper)
-+__hostdev__ void Map::set(const Mat4T& mat, const Mat4T& invMat, double taper)
- {
-     float * mf = mMatF, *vf = mVecF;
-     float*  mif = mInvMatF;
-@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ class Grid : private GridData
- }; // Class Grid
- 
- template<typename TreeT>
--int Grid<TreeT>::findBlindDataForSemantic(GridBlindDataSemantic semantic) const
-+__hostdev__ int Grid<TreeT>::findBlindDataForSemantic(GridBlindDataSemantic semantic) const
- {
-     for (uint32_t i = 0, n = this->blindDataCount(); i < n; ++i)
-         if (this->blindMetaData(i).mSemantic == semantic)
-@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ class Tree : private TreeData<RootT::LEVEL>
- }; // Tree class
- 
- template<typename RootT>
--void Tree<RootT>::extrema(ValueType& min, ValueType& max) const
-+__hostdev__ void Tree<RootT>::extrema(ValueType& min, ValueType& max) const
- {
-     min = this->root().minimum();
-     max = this->root().maximum();
-@@ -3880,7 +3880,7 @@ class LeafNode : private LeafData<BuildT, CoordT, MaskT, Log2Dim>
- }; // LeafNode class
- 
- template<typename ValueT, typename CoordT, template<uint32_t> class MaskT, uint32_t LOG2DIM>
--inline void LeafNode<ValueT, CoordT, MaskT, LOG2DIM>::updateBBox()
-+__hostdev__ inline void LeafNode<ValueT, CoordT, MaskT, LOG2DIM>::updateBBox()
- {
-     static_assert(LOG2DIM == 3, "LeafNode::updateBBox: only supports LOGDIM = 3!");
-     if (!this->isActive()) return;
-diff --git a/nanovdb/nanovdb/util/SampleFromVoxels.h b/nanovdb/nanovdb/util/SampleFromVoxels.h
-index 852123dac..e779d66cf 100644
---- a/nanovdb/nanovdb/util/SampleFromVoxels.h
-+++ b/nanovdb/nanovdb/util/SampleFromVoxels.h
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
- #define NANOVDB_SAMPLE_FROM_VOXELS_H_HAS_BEEN_INCLUDED
- 
- // Only define __hostdev__ when compiling as NVIDIA CUDA
--#ifdef __CUDACC__
-+#if defined(__CUDACC__) || defined(__HIP__)
- #define __hostdev__ __host__ __device__
- #else
- #include <cmath> // for floor
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, false>
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()(const Vec3T& xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()(const Vec3T& xyz) const
- {
-     const CoordT ijk = Round<CoordT>(xyz);
-     if (ijk != mPos) {
-@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()(const CoordT& ijk) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()(const CoordT& ijk) const
- {
-     if (ijk != mPos) {
-         mPos = ijk;
-@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, true>::operator()
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, false>::operator()(const Vec3T& xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 0, false>::operator()(const Vec3T& xyz) const
- {
-     return mAcc.getValue(Round<CoordT>(xyz));
- }
-@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class TrilinearSampler
- }; // TrilinearSamplerBase
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--void TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(CoordT& ijk, ValueT (&v)[2][2][2]) const
-+__hostdev__ void TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(CoordT& ijk, ValueT (&v)[2][2][2]) const
- {
-     v[0][0][0] = mAcc.getValue(ijk); // i, j, k
- 
-@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(CoordT& ijk, ValueT (&v)[2][2][2]) co
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
- {
- #if 0
-   auto lerp = [](ValueT a, ValueT b, ValueT w){ return fma(w, b-a, a); };// = w*(b-a) + a
-@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec3T<
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::gradient(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
-+__hostdev__ Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::gradient(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
- {
-     static_assert(is_floating_point<ValueT>::value, "TrilinearSampler::gradient requires a floating-point type");
- #if 0
-@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::gradient(con
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--bool TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::zeroCrossing(const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
-+__hostdev__ bool TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT>::zeroCrossing(const ValueT (&v)[2][2][2])
- {
-     static_assert(is_floating_point<ValueT>::value, "TrilinearSampler::zeroCrossing requires a floating-point type");
-     const bool less = v[0][0][0] < ValueT(0);
-@@ -363,21 +363,21 @@ class SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true> : public TrilinearSampler<TreeOrAccT
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     this->cache(xyz);
-     return BaseT::sample(xyz, mVal);
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::operator()(const CoordT &ijk) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::operator()(const CoordT &ijk) const
- {
-     return  ijk == mPos ? mVal[0][0][0] : BaseT::mAcc.getValue(ijk);
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::gradient(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::gradient(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     this->cache(xyz);
-     return BaseT::gradient(xyz, mVal);
-@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ __hostdev__ bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
- {
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-     if (ijk != mPos) {
-@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     ValueT val[2][2][2];
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator(
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     auto lerp = [](ValueT a, ValueT b, RealT w) { return a + ValueT(w) * (b - a); };
- 
-@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::operator(
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--inline Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::gradient(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ inline Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::gradient(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     ValueT val[2][2][2];
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ inline Vec3T<typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType> SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, fal
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 1, false>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     ValueT val[2][2][2];
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class TriquadraticSampler
- }; // TriquadraticSamplerBase
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--void TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(const CoordT &ijk, ValueT (&v)[3][3][3]) const
-+__hostdev__ void TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(const CoordT &ijk, ValueT (&v)[3][3][3]) const
- {
-     CoordT p(ijk[0] - 1, 0, 0);
-     for (int dx = 0; dx < 3; ++dx, ++p[0]) {
-@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ void TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(const CoordT &ijk, ValueT (&v)[3][
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[3][3][3])
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec3T<RealT> &uvw, const ValueT (&v)[3][3][3])
- {
-     auto kernel = [](const ValueT* value, double weight)->ValueT {
-         return weight * (weight * (0.5f * (value[0] + value[2]) - value[1]) +
-@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::sample(const Vec
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--bool TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::zeroCrossing(const ValueT (&v)[3][3][3])
-+__hostdev__ bool TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrAccT>::zeroCrossing(const ValueT (&v)[3][3][3])
- {
-     static_assert(is_floating_point<ValueT>::value, "TrilinearSampler::zeroCrossing requires a floating-point type");
-     const bool less = v[0][0][0] < ValueT(0);
-@@ -624,14 +624,14 @@ class SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true> : public TriquadraticSampler<TreeOrA
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     this->cache(xyz);
-     return BaseT::sample(xyz, mVal);
- }
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::operator()(const CoordT &ijk) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::operator()(const CoordT &ijk) const
- {
-     return  ijk == mPos ? mVal[1][1][1] : BaseT::mAcc.getValue(ijk);
- }
-@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ __hostdev__ bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
- {
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-     if (ijk != mPos) {
-@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, false>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     ValueT val[3][3][3];
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, false>::operator(
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, false>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ bool SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 2, false>::zeroCrossing(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     ValueT val[3][3][3];
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ class TricubicSampler
- }; // TricubicSampler
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
--void TricubicSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(const CoordT& ijk, ValueT (&C)[64]) const
-+__hostdev__ void TricubicSampler<TreeOrAccT>::stencil(const CoordT& ijk, ValueT (&C)[64]) const
- {
-     auto fetch = [&](int i, int j, int k) -> ValueT& { return C[((i + 1) << 4) + ((j + 1) << 2) + k + 1]; };
- 
-@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ class SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true> : public TricubicSampler<TreeOrAccT>
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true>::operator()(Vec3T<RealT> xyz) const
- {
-     this->cache(xyz);
-     return BaseT::sample(xyz, mC);
-@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ typename TreeOrAccT::ValueType SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true>::operator()
- 
- template<typename TreeOrAccT>
- template<typename RealT, template<typename...> class Vec3T>
--void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
-+__hostdev__ void SampleFromVoxels<TreeOrAccT, 3, true>::cache(Vec3T<RealT>& xyz) const
- {
-     CoordT ijk = Floor<CoordT>(xyz);
-     if (ijk != mPos) {
-
+     CacheItem(TreeCacheT& parent)
+         : mParent(&parent)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/osl.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/osl.diff
index 3f4a485b037..8578a1b782b 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/osl.diff
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/osl.diff
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/CMakeLists.txt external_osl/CMakeLists.txt
---- OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/CMakeLists.txt	2022-09-30 17:43:53 -0600
-+++ external_osl/CMakeLists.txt	2022-10-15 14:49:26 -0600
-@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index d527232..5ad6eaa 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ set (OSL_PTX_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/ptx"
       CACHE STRING "Directory where OptiX PTX files will be installed")
  set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "" CACHE STRING "Library naming postfix for Debug builds (e.g., '_debug')")
  
@@ -13,10 +14,11 @@ diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/CMakeLists.txt external_osl/CMakeLists.t
  
  set (OSL_NO_DEFAULT_TEXTURESYSTEM OFF CACHE BOOL "Do not use create a raw OIIO::TextureSystem")
  if (OSL_NO_DEFAULT_TEXTURESYSTEM)
-diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake external_osl/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake
---- OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake	2022-09-30 17:43:53 -0600
-+++ external_osl/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake	2022-10-15 14:49:26 -0600
-@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
+diff --git a/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake b/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake
+index a7e098b..dad11d0 100644
+--- a/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake
++++ b/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake
+@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ link_directories ("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
  
  
  checked_find_package (ZLIB REQUIRED)  # Needed by several packages
@@ -24,30 +26,10 @@ diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake externa
  
  # IlmBase & OpenEXR
  checked_find_package (OpenEXR REQUIRED
-diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/include/OSL/llvm_util.h external_osl/src/include/OSL/llvm_util.h
---- OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/include/OSL/llvm_util.h	2022-09-30 17:43:53 -0600
-+++ external_osl/src/include/OSL/llvm_util.h	2022-10-15 15:37:24 -0600
-@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
- #include <unordered_set>
- #include <vector>
- 
-+#define OSL_HAS_BLENDER_CLEANUP_FIX
-+
- #ifdef LLVM_NAMESPACE
- namespace llvm = LLVM_NAMESPACE;
- #endif
-@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@
-     llvm::BasicBlock* masked_return_block() const;
- 
-     bool is_masking_required() const { return m_is_masking_required; }
--
-+    static void Cleanup ();
-     struct ScopedMasking {
-         ScopedMasking() {}
- 
-diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp external_osl/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp
---- OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp	2022-09-30 17:43:53 -0600
-+++ external_osl/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp	2022-10-15 14:49:26 -0600
+diff --git a/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp b/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp
+index 8c2e77b..211b8a7 100644
+--- a/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp
++++ b/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp
 @@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
  #if !defined(__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS)
  #    define __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS 1
@@ -62,50 +44,34 @@ diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/liboslcomp/oslcomp.cpp external_osl/
  #include <clang/Basic/TargetInfo.h>
  #include <clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h>
  #include <clang/Frontend/TextDiagnosticPrinter.h>
-diff -Naur OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/liboslexec/llvm_util.cpp external_osl/src/liboslexec/llvm_util.cpp
---- OpenShadingLanguage-1.12.6.2/src/liboslexec/llvm_util.cpp	2022-09-30 17:43:53 -0600
-+++ external_osl/src/liboslexec/llvm_util.cpp	2022-10-15 15:53:11 -0600
-@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@
-     return { A.data(), size_t(A.size()) };
+diff --git a/src/liboslexec/llvm_instance.cpp b/src/liboslexec/llvm_instance.cpp
+index 8f52546..8c2d0c7 100644
+--- a/src/liboslexec/llvm_instance.cpp
++++ b/src/liboslexec/llvm_instance.cpp
+@@ -1363,6 +1363,10 @@ BackendLLVM::run()
+ #ifdef OSL_LLVM_NO_BITCODE
+         OSL_ASSERT(!use_rs_bitcode());
+         ll.module(ll.new_module("llvm_ops"));
++        if (use_optix()) {
++            ll.module()->setDataLayout("e-i64:64-i128:128-v16:16-v32:32-n16:32:64");
++            ll.module()->setTargetTriple("nvptx64-nvidia-cuda");
++        }
+ #else
+         if (!use_optix()) {
+             if (use_rs_bitcode()) {
+diff --git a/src/liboslexec/shadingsys.cpp b/src/liboslexec/shadingsys.cpp
+index 46e4529..8e86486 100644
+--- a/src/liboslexec/shadingsys.cpp
++++ b/src/liboslexec/shadingsys.cpp
+@@ -2121,6 +2121,11 @@ ShadingSystemImpl::getattribute(ShaderGroup* group, string_view name,
+         return true;
+     }
+ 
++    if (name == "groupdata_size" && type == TypeDesc::TypeInt) {
++        *(int*)val = (int)group->m_llvm_groupdata_size;
++        return true;
++    }
++
+     return false;
  }
  
--
--
- namespace pvt {
- 
- typedef llvm::SectionMemoryManager LLVMMemoryManager;
-@@ -182,6 +180,13 @@
-     ++jit_mem_hold_users;
- }
- 
-+void
-+LLVM_Util::Cleanup()
-+{
-+    if (jitmm_hold)
-+        jitmm_hold->clear();
-+}
-+
- 
- LLVM_Util::ScopedJitMemoryUser::~ScopedJitMemoryUser()
- {
-diff --git a/src/include/OSL/mask.h b/src/include/OSL/mask.h
-index 24197af..b9275f6 100644
---- a/src/include/OSL/mask.h
-+++ b/src/include/OSL/mask.h
-@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
- 
- #pragma once
- 
--#include <immintrin.h>
- #include <type_traits>
- 
- #include <OSL/oslconfig.h>
-@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ using std::countr_zero;
- 
- #elif OSL_INTEL_CLASSIC_COMPILER_VERSION
- 
-+#include <immintrin.h>
-+
- OSL_FORCEINLINE int popcount(uint32_t x) noexcept { return _mm_popcnt_u32(x);}
- OSL_FORCEINLINE int popcount(uint64_t x) noexcept { return _mm_popcnt_u64(x); }
- OSL_FORCEINLINE int countr_zero(uint32_t x) noexcept { return _bit_scan_forward(x); }
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/python_windows.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/python_windows.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8d0d6d8126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/python_windows.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.bat	2022-10-30 11:48:14 -0600
++++ b/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.bat	2022-10-30 11:53:16 -0600
+@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@
+ if "%PERL%" == "" where perl > "%TEMP%\perl.loc" 2> nul && set /P PERL= <"%TEMP%\perl.loc" & del "%TEMP%\perl.loc"
+ if "%PERL%" == "" (echo Cannot locate perl.exe on PATH or as PERL variable & exit /b 4)
+ 
+-%MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32
+-if errorlevel 1 exit /b
++REM Blender: we only need x64, ssl is kind of a long build, so just build what we need
++REM %MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32
++REM if errorlevel 1 exit /b
+ %MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b
+-%MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=ARM
+-if errorlevel 1 exit /b
+-%MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=ARM64
+-if errorlevel 1 exit /b
++REM %MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=ARM
++REM if errorlevel 1 exit /b
++REM %MSBUILD% "%PCBUILD%\openssl.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=ARM64
++REM if errorlevel 1 exit /b
+ 
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/patches/usd.diff b/build_files/build_environment/patches/usd.diff
index 3d0aa4498b7..39d34160d28 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/patches/usd.diff
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/patches/usd.diff
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -x .git -ur usd.orig/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake external_usd/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
---- usd.orig/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake	2019-10-24 22:39:53.000000000 +0200
-+++ external_usd/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake	2019-11-28 13:00:33.185957483 +0100
-@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
+diff -Naur orig/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake external_usd/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
+--- orig/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake	2022-10-27 12:56:33 -0600
++++ external_usd/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake	2022-10-27 13:05:08 -0600
+@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
  endif()
  
  # --TBB
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ diff -x .git -ur usd.orig/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake external_usd/cmake/defau
  add_definitions(${TBB_DEFINITIONS})
  
  # --math
-
-diff -Naur usd_orig/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake external_usd/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake
---- usd_orig/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake	2022-02-18 14:49:09 -0700
-+++ external_usd/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake	2022-03-14 11:41:50 -0600
+diff -Naur orig/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake external_usd/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake
+--- orig/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake	2022-10-27 12:56:33 -0600
++++ external_usd/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake	2022-10-27 13:05:08 -0600
 @@ -120,9 +120,6 @@
  # for all translation units.
  set(_PXR_CXX_FLAGS "${_PXR_CXX_FLAGS} /bigobj")
@@ -24,38 +23,10 @@ diff -Naur usd_orig/cmake/defaults/msvcdefaults.cmake external_usd/cmake/default
  # Enable multiprocessor builds.
  set(_PXR_CXX_FLAGS "${_PXR_CXX_FLAGS} /MP")
  set(_PXR_CXX_FLAGS "${_PXR_CXX_FLAGS} /Gm-")
-
-diff --git a/pxr/base/work/singularTask.h b/pxr/base/work/singularTask.h
---- a/pxr/base/work/singularTask.h
-+++ b/pxr/base/work/singularTask.h
-@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
-                     // case we go again to ensure the task can do whatever it
-                     // was awakened to do.  Once we successfully take the count
-                     // to zero, we stop.
--                    size_t old = count;
-+                    std::size_t old = count;
-                     do { _fn(); } while (
-                         !count.compare_exchange_strong(old, 0));
-                 });
-
-diff --git a/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderMetadataHelpers.h b/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderMetadataHelpers.h
---- a/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderMetadataHelpers.h
-+++ b/pxr/usd/sdr/shaderMetadataHelpers.h
-@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
- #include "pxr/base/tf/token.h"
- #include "pxr/usd/sdr/declare.h"
- 
-+#include <limits>
-+
- PXR_NAMESPACE_OPEN_SCOPE
- 
- /// \namespace ShaderMetadataHelpers
-
-diff --git a/pxr/base/arch/timing.h b/pxr/base/arch/timing.h
-index 517561f..fda5a1f 100644
---- a/pxr/base/arch/timing.h
-+++ b/pxr/base/arch/timing.h
-@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ ArchGetTickTime()
+diff -Naur orig/pxr/base/arch/timing.h external_usd/pxr/base/arch/timing.h
+--- orig/pxr/base/arch/timing.h	2022-10-27 12:56:34 -0600
++++ external_usd/pxr/base/arch/timing.h	2022-10-27 13:05:08 -0600
+@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
  inline uint64_t
  ArchGetStartTickTime()
  {
@@ -66,7 +37,7 @@ index 517561f..fda5a1f 100644
      uint64_t t;
  #if defined (ARCH_OS_DARWIN)
      return ArchGetTickTime();
-@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ ArchGetStartTickTime()
+@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@
  #error "Unsupported architecture."
  #endif
    return t;
@@ -74,7 +45,7 @@ index 517561f..fda5a1f 100644
  }
  
  /// Get a "stop" tick time for measuring an interval of time.  See
-@@ -132,6 +137,10 @@ ArchGetStartTickTime()
+@@ -125,6 +130,10 @@
  inline uint64_t
  ArchGetStopTickTime()
  {
@@ -85,7 +56,7 @@ index 517561f..fda5a1f 100644
      uint64_t t;
  #if defined (ARCH_OS_DARWIN)
      return ArchGetTickTime();
-@@ -162,11 +171,11 @@ ArchGetStopTickTime()
+@@ -155,11 +164,11 @@
  #error "Unsupported architecture."
  #endif
    return t;
@@ -100,3 +71,46 @@ index 517561f..fda5a1f 100644
  
  /// A simple timer class for measuring an interval of time using the
  /// ArchTickTimer facilities.
+diff -Naur orig/pxr/imaging/hioOpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt external_usd/pxr/imaging/hioOpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt
+--- orig/pxr/imaging/hioOpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt	2022-10-27 12:56:35 -0600
++++ external_usd/pxr/imaging/hioOpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt	2022-10-27 13:05:08 -0600
+@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
+     LIST(APPEND __VDB_IMATH_LIBS ${OPENEXR_Half_LIBRARY})
+ endif()
+ 
++if (WIN32)
++    # OpenVDB uses constants from <cmath> that aren't available on
++    # Windows unless this is defined.
++    add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES)
++endif()
++
+ pxr_library(hioOpenVDB
+     LIBRARIES
+         ar
+diff -Naur orig/pxr/usdImaging/CMakeLists.txt external_usd/pxr/usdImaging/CMakeLists.txt
+--- orig/pxr/usdImaging/CMakeLists.txt	2022-10-27 12:56:37 -0600
++++ external_usd/pxr/usdImaging/CMakeLists.txt	2022-10-27 13:05:08 -0600
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+     usdVolImaging
+     usdAppUtils
+     usdviewq
+-    bin
++#    bin
+     plugin
+ )
+ 
+diff -Naur orig/cmake/macros/Private.cmake external_usd/cmake/macros/Private.cmake
+--- orig/cmake/macros/Private.cmake     2022-02-18 14:49:09 -0700
++++ external_usd/cmake/macros/Private.cmake     2022-08-05 10:42:03 -0600
+@@ -900,8 +900,10 @@
+         return()
+     endif()
+
+-    if (WIN32 AND PXR_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON)
++    if (WIN32 AND PXR_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON AND NOT CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX)
+         # On Windows when compiling with debug python the library must be named with _d.
++        # Blender: but this can be skipped if CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX is set, it knows
++        # what it is doing and we don't want libraries ending in _d_d.pyd 
+         set(LIBRARY_NAME "_${NAME}_d")
+     else()
+         set(LIBRARY_NAME "_${NAME}")
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/windows/build_deps.cmd b/build_files/build_environment/windows/build_deps.cmd
index d3879f3d6ae..5f6cf4fc3ee 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/windows/build_deps.cmd
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/windows/build_deps.cmd
@@ -103,15 +103,19 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
 )
 
 set StatusFile=%BUILD_DIR%\%1_%2.log
-set path=%BUILD_DIR%\downloads\mingw\mingw64\msys\1.0\bin\;%BUILD_DIR%\downloads\nasm-2.12.01\;%path%
+set original_path=%path%
+set oiio_paths=%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R\Release\openimageio\bin;%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%D\Debug\openimageio\bin
+set boost_paths=%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R\Release\boost\lib;%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%D\Debug\boost\lib
+set openexr_paths=%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R\Release\openexr\bin;%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%D\Debug\openexr\bin
+set imath_paths=%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R\Release\imath\bin;%Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%D\Debug\imath\bin
+set path=%BUILD_DIR%\downloads\mingw\mingw64\msys\1.0\bin\;%BUILD_DIR%\downloads\nasm-2.12.01\;%path%;%boost_paths%;%oiio_paths%;%openexr_paths%;%imath_paths%
 mkdir %STAGING%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R
 cd %Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%R
 echo %DATE% %TIME% : Start > %StatusFile%
 cmake -G "%CMAKE_BUILDER%" %CMAKE_BUILD_ARCH% -Thost=x64  %SOURCE_DIR% -DPACKAGE_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%/packages -DDOWNLOAD_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%/downloads -DBUILD_MODE=Release -DHARVEST_TARGET=%HARVEST_DIR%/%HARVESTROOT%%VSVER_SHORT%/
 echo %DATE% %TIME% : Release Configuration done >> %StatusFile%
 if "%dobuild%" == "1" (
-	msbuild /m:1 "ll.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps_llvm.log;Verbosity=normal
-	msbuild /m:1 "BlenderDependencies.sln" /p:Configuration=Release /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps.log;Verbosity=minimal  /verbosity:minimal
+	msbuild -maxcpucount:1 "BlenderDependencies.sln" /p:Configuration=Release /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps.log;Verbosity=minimal  /verbosity:minimal
 	echo %DATE% %TIME% : Release Build done >> %StatusFile%
 	cmake --build . --target Harvest_Release_Results  > Harvest_Release.txt
 )
@@ -123,8 +127,7 @@ cd %Staging%\%BuildDir%%ARCH%D
 cmake -G "%CMAKE_BUILDER%" %CMAKE_BUILD_ARCH% -Thost=x64 %SOURCE_DIR% -DPACKAGE_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%/packages -DDOWNLOAD_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%/downloads -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_MODE=Debug -DHARVEST_TARGET=%HARVEST_DIR%/%HARVESTROOT%%VSVER_SHORT%/  %CMAKE_DEBUG_OPTIONS%
 echo %DATE% %TIME% : Debug Configuration done >> %StatusFile%
 if "%dobuild%" == "1" (
-	msbuild /m:1 "ll.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Debug /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps_llvm.log;;Verbosity=normal 
-	msbuild /m:1 "BlenderDependencies.sln" /p:Configuration=Debug /verbosity:n /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps.log;;Verbosity=normal
+	msbuild -maxcpucount:1 "BlenderDependencies.sln" /p:Configuration=Debug /verbosity:n /fl /flp:logfile=BlenderDeps.log;;Verbosity=normal
 	echo %DATE% %TIME% : Debug Build done >> %StatusFile%
 	cmake --build . --target Harvest_Debug_Results> Harvest_Debug.txt
 )
@@ -132,4 +135,5 @@ echo %DATE% %TIME% : Debug Harvest done >> %StatusFile%
 cd %BUILD_DIR%
 
 :exit
+set path=%original_path%
 Echo .
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindOpenColorIO.cmake b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindOpenColorIO.cmake
index 8e152008ea7..01f808d947c 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindOpenColorIO.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindOpenColorIO.cmake
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SET(_opencolorio_FIND_COMPONENTS
   yaml-cpp
   expat
   pystring
+  minizip
 )
 
 SET(_opencolorio_SEARCH_DIRS
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_full.cmake b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_full.cmake
index 95304bd64c7..b44250b011b 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_full.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_full.cmake
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ set(WITH_QUADRIFLOW          ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_SDL                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_TBB                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_USD                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(WITH_MATERIALX           OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
 set(WITH_MEM_JEMALLOC        ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_lite.cmake b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_lite.cmake
index 38997e2139b..79a0e5f3858 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_lite.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_lite.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ set(WITH_QUADRIFLOW          OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_SDL                 OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_TBB                 OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_USD                 OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(WITH_MATERIALX           OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_WASAPI              OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_XR_OPENXR           OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
index 74bbcb223c3..08cb882ebfb 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ set(WITH_QUADRIFLOW          ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_SDL                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_TBB                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(WITH_USD                 ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(WITH_MATERIALX           OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
 set(WITH_MEM_JEMALLOC          ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
index cc13749a5ad..f7351f482bb 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_USD)
   find_package(USD REQUIRED)
+  add_bundled_libraries(usd/lib)
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+  find_package(MaterialX)
+  set_and_warn_library_found("MaterialX" MaterialX_FOUND WITH_MATERIALX)
+  if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+    add_bundled_libraries(materialx/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_VULKAN_BACKEND)
@@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENSUBDIV)
   find_package(OpenSubdiv)
+  add_bundled_libraries(opensubdiv/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_CODEC_SNDFILE)
@@ -145,6 +155,8 @@ list(APPEND FREETYPE_LIBRARIES
 
 if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
   find_package(OpenEXR)
+  add_bundled_libraries(openexr/lib)
+  add_bundled_libraries(imath/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
@@ -243,12 +255,17 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
   if(WITH_OPENVDB)
     list(APPEND _boost_FIND_COMPONENTS iostreams)
   endif()
+  if(WITH_USD AND USD_PYTHON_SUPPORT)
+    list(APPEND _boost_FIND_COMPONENTS python${PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS})
+  endif()
   find_package(Boost COMPONENTS ${_boost_FIND_COMPONENTS})
 
   set(BOOST_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
   set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   set(BOOST_DEFINITIONS)
 
+  add_bundled_libraries(boost/lib)
+
   mark_as_advanced(Boost_LIBRARIES)
   mark_as_advanced(Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   unset(_boost_FIND_COMPONENTS)
@@ -274,18 +291,24 @@ if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
   )
   set(OPENIMAGEIO_DEFINITIONS "-DOIIO_STATIC_BUILD")
   set(OPENIMAGEIO_IDIFF "${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/idiff")
+  add_bundled_libraries(openimageio/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
   find_package(OpenColorIO 2.0.0 REQUIRED)
+  add_bundled_libraries(opencolorio/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENVDB)
   find_package(OpenVDB)
   find_library(BLOSC_LIBRARIES NAMES blosc HINTS ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/lib)
-  print_found_status("Blosc" "${BLOSC_LIBRARIES}")
-  list(APPEND OPENVDB_LIBRARIES ${BLOSC_LIBRARIES})
+  if(BLOSC_LIBRARIES)
+    list(APPEND OPENVDB_LIBRARIES ${BLOSC_LIBRARIES})
+  else()
+    unset(BLOSC_LIBRARIES CACHE)
+  endif()
   set(OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS)
+  add_bundled_libraries(openvdb/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_NANOVDB)
@@ -334,6 +357,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_TBB)
   find_package(TBB REQUIRED)
+  add_bundled_libraries(tbb/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_POTRACE)
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_old_libs_update.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_old_libs_update.cmake
index f0ca930bb39..1e98ea7a4ff 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_old_libs_update.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_old_libs_update.cmake
@@ -44,3 +44,20 @@ if(UNIX AND DEFINED NANOVDB_INCLUDE_DIR)
     unset_cache_variables("^NANOVDB")
   endif()
 endif()
+
+# Detect update to 3.4 libs with shared libraries.
+if(UNIX AND
+  DEFINED TBB_LIBRARY AND
+  TBB_LIBRARY MATCHES "libtbb.a$" AND
+  EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/usd/include/pxr/base/tf/pyModule.h)
+  message(STATUS "Auto updating CMake configuration for Blender 3.4 libraries")
+  unset_cache_variables("^BLOSC")
+  unset_cache_variables("^BOOST")
+  unset_cache_variables("^OPENCOLORIO")
+  unset_cache_variables("^OPENEXR")
+  unset_cache_variables("^OPENIMAGEIO")
+  unset_cache_variables("^OPENSUBDIV")
+  unset_cache_variables("^OPENVDB")
+  unset_cache_variables("^TBB")
+  unset_cache_variables("^USD")
+endif()
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
index d27d3e04dbc..260fa2e58b2 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR})
   set(Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS ON)
   set(OPENEXR_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/openexr)
   set(CLANG_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/llvm)
-endif()
-
-if(WITH_STATIC_LIBS)
-  string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -static-libstdc++")
+  set(MaterialX_DIR ${LIBDIR}/materialx/lib/cmake/MaterialX)
 endif()
 
 # Wrapper to prefer static libraries
@@ -170,6 +167,10 @@ endif()
 if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
   find_package_wrapper(OpenEXR)  # our own module
   set_and_warn_library_found("OpenEXR" OPENEXR_FOUND WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
+  if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
+    add_bundled_libraries(openexr/lib)
+    add_bundled_libraries(imath/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENJPEG)
@@ -326,11 +327,12 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES AND WITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_ONEAPI)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENVDB)
-  find_package_wrapper(OpenVDB)
+  find_package(OpenVDB)
   set_and_warn_library_found("OpenVDB" OPENVDB_FOUND WITH_OPENVDB)
 
   if(OPENVDB_FOUND)
-    find_package_wrapper(Blosc)
+  add_bundled_libraries(openvdb/lib)
+  find_package_wrapper(Blosc)
     set_and_warn_library_found("Blosc" BLOSC_FOUND WITH_OPENVDB_BLOSC)
   endif()
 endif()
@@ -352,13 +354,24 @@ endif()
 if(WITH_USD)
   find_package_wrapper(USD)
   set_and_warn_library_found("USD" USD_FOUND WITH_USD)
+ if(WITH_USD)
+    add_bundled_libraries(usd/lib)
+ endif()
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+  find_package_wrapper(MaterialX)
+  set_and_warn_library_found("MaterialX" MaterialX_FOUND WITH_MATERIALX)
+  if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+    add_bundled_libraries(materialx/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_BOOST)
   # uses in build instructions to override include and library variables
   if(NOT BOOST_CUSTOM)
     if(WITH_STATIC_LIBS)
-      set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+      set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
     endif()
     set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
     set(__boost_packages filesystem regex thread date_time)
@@ -374,6 +387,9 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
     if(WITH_OPENVDB)
       list(APPEND __boost_packages iostreams)
     endif()
+    if(WITH_USD AND USD_PYTHON_SUPPORT)
+      list(APPEND __boost_packages python${PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS})
+    endif()
     list(APPEND __boost_packages system)
     find_package(Boost 1.48 COMPONENTS ${__boost_packages})
     if(NOT Boost_FOUND)
@@ -400,6 +416,8 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
     find_package(IcuLinux)
     list(APPEND BOOST_LIBRARIES ${ICU_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
+
+  add_bundled_libraries(boost/lib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_PUGIXML)
@@ -422,7 +440,6 @@ if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
     ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
     ${BOOST_LIBRARIES}
   )
-  set(OPENIMAGEIO_LIBPATH)  # TODO, remove and reference the absolute path everywhere
   set(OPENIMAGEIO_DEFINITIONS "")
 
   if(WITH_IMAGE_TIFF)
@@ -436,16 +453,20 @@ if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
   endif()
 
   set_and_warn_library_found("OPENIMAGEIO" OPENIMAGEIO_FOUND WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
+  if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
+    add_bundled_libraries(openimageio/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
   find_package_wrapper(OpenColorIO 2.0.0)
 
-  set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBRARIES ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBRARIES})
-  set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH)  # TODO, remove and reference the absolute path everywhere
   set(OPENCOLORIO_DEFINITIONS)
-
   set_and_warn_library_found("OpenColorIO" OPENCOLORIO_FOUND WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
+
+  if(WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
+    add_bundled_libraries(opencolorio/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_CYCLES AND WITH_CYCLES_EMBREE)
@@ -481,17 +502,23 @@ if(WITH_LLVM)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENSUBDIV)
-  find_package_wrapper(OpenSubdiv)
+  find_package(OpenSubdiv)
 
   set(OPENSUBDIV_LIBRARIES ${OPENSUBDIV_LIBRARIES})
   set(OPENSUBDIV_LIBPATH)  # TODO, remove and reference the absolute path everywhere
 
   set_and_warn_library_found("OpenSubdiv" OPENSUBDIV_FOUND WITH_OPENSUBDIV)
+  if(WITH_OPENSUBDIV)
+    add_bundled_libraries(opensubdiv/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_TBB)
   find_package_wrapper(TBB)
   set_and_warn_library_found("TBB" TBB_FOUND WITH_TBB)
+  if(WITH_TBB)
+    add_bundled_libraries(tbb/lib)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_XR_OPENXR)
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index 4e3be0a9b0d..03132a5a079 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ string(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS " /SAFESEH:NO /ignore:4099")
 list(APPEND PLATFORM_LINKLIBS
   ws2_32 vfw32 winmm kernel32 user32 gdi32 comdlg32 Comctl32 version
   advapi32 shfolder shell32 ole32 oleaut32 uuid psapi Dbghelp Shlwapi
-  pathcch Shcore Dwmapi
+  pathcch Shcore Dwmapi Crypt32
 )
 
 if(WITH_INPUT_IME)
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "^Visual Studio.+" AND WITH_CLANG_TIDY)
   set(VS_CLANG_TIDY ON)
 endif()
 
+# To support building against both 3.4 and 3.5 lib folders, disable materialX if it is not found
+set(MATERIALX_LIB_FOLDER_EXISTS EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/materialx)
+set_and_warn_library_found("MaterialX" MATERIALX_LIB_FOLDER_EXISTS WITH_MATERIALX)
+unset(MATERIALX_LIB_FOLDER_EXISTS)
+
 # Mark libdir as system headers with a lower warn level, to resolve some warnings
 # that we have very little control over
 if(NOT MSVC_CLANG                  AND # Available with MSVC 15.7+ but not for CLANG.
@@ -441,9 +446,12 @@ if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
     set(IMATH_INCLUDE_DIR ${IMATH}/include)
     set(IMATH_INCLUDE_DIRS ${IMATH_INCLUDE_DIR} ${IMATH}/include/Imath)
     set(IMATH_LIBPATH ${IMATH}/lib)
+    if(EXISTS ${IMATH_LIBPATH}/Imath_s.lib)
+      set(IMATH_POSTFIX _s)
+    endif()
     set(IMATH_LIBRARIES
-      optimized ${IMATH_LIBPATH}/Imath_s.lib
-      debug ${IMATH_LIBPATH}/Imath_s_d.lib
+      optimized ${IMATH_LIBPATH}/Imath${IMATH_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${IMATH_LIBPATH}/Imath${IMATH_POSTFIX}_d.lib
     )
   endif()
   set(OPENEXR_ROOT_DIR ${LIBDIR}/openexr)
@@ -455,36 +463,24 @@ if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
     set(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR ${OPENEXR}/include)
     set(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR} ${IMATH_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR}/OpenEXR)
     set(OPENEXR_LIBPATH ${OPENEXR}/lib)
-    # Check if the 3.x library name exists
-    # if not assume this is a 2.x library folder
+    # Check if the blender 3.3 lib static library eixts
+    # if not assume this is a 3.4+ dynamic version.
     if(EXISTS "${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXR_s.lib")
-      set(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXR_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRCore_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRUtil_s.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXR_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRCore_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRUtil_s_d.lib
-        ${IMATH_LIBRARIES}
-      )
-    else()
-      set(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Half_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmImf_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Imath_s.lib
-        optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread_s.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Half_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmImf_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Imath_s_d.lib
-        debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread_s_d.lib
-      )
+      set(OPENEXR_POSTFIX _s)
     endif()
+    set(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES
+      optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXR${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRCore${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRUtil${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/Iex${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}_d.lib
+      debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/IlmThread${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}_d.lib
+      debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXR${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}_d.lib
+      debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRCore${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}_d.lib
+      debug ${OPENEXR_LIBPATH}/OpenEXRUtil${OPENEXR_POSTFIX}_d.lib
+      ${IMATH_LIBRARIES}
+    )
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -554,38 +550,47 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
     if(NOT BOOST_VERSION)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to determine Boost version")
     endif()
-    set(BOOST_POSTFIX "vc142-mt-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}.lib")
-    set(BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX "vc142-mt-gd-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}.lib")
-    if(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_date_time-${BOOST_POSTFIX})
-      # If the new library names do not exist fall back to the old ones
-      # to ease the transition period between the libs.
-      set(BOOST_POSTFIX "vc141-mt-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}.lib")
-      set(BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX "vc141-mt-gd-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}.lib")
+    set(BOOST_POSTFIX "vc142-mt-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}")
+    set(BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX "vc142-mt-gyd-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}")
+    set(BOOST_PREFIX "")
+    # This is file new in 3.4 if it does not exist, assume we are building against 3.3 libs
+    set(BOOST_34_TRIGGER_FILE ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_python310-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib)
+    if (NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_34_TRIGGER_FILE})
+      set(BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX "vc142-mt-gd-x64-${BOOST_VERSION}")
+      set(BOOST_PREFIX "lib")
     endif()
     set(BOOST_LIBRARIES
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_date_time-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_filesystem-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_regex-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_system-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_thread-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_chrono-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_date_time-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_filesystem-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_regex-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_system-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_thread-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
-      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_chrono-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_date_time-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_filesystem-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_regex-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_system-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_thread-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_chrono-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_date_time-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_filesystem-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_regex-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_system-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_thread-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+      debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_chrono-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
     )
+    if (EXISTS ${BOOST_34_TRIGGER_FILE})
+      if(WITH_USD)
+        set(BOOST_LIBRARIES ${BOOST_LIBRARIES}
+          debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_python310-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
+          optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_python310-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+        )
+      endif()
+    endif()
     if(WITH_CYCLES AND WITH_CYCLES_OSL)
       set(BOOST_LIBRARIES ${BOOST_LIBRARIES}
-        optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_wave-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-        debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_wave-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
+        optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_wave-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+        debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_wave-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
       )
     endif()
     if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL)
       set(BOOST_LIBRARIES ${BOOST_LIBRARIES}
-        optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_locale-${BOOST_POSTFIX}
-        debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/libboost_locale-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}
+        optimized ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_locale-${BOOST_POSTFIX}.lib
+        debug ${BOOST_LIBPATH}/${BOOST_PREFIX}boost_locale-${BOOST_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.lib
       )
     endif()
   else() # we found boost using find_package
@@ -610,7 +615,10 @@ if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
   endif()
   set(OPENIMAGEIO_DEFINITIONS "-DUSE_TBB=0")
   set(OPENIMAGEIO_IDIFF "${OPENIMAGEIO}/bin/idiff.exe")
-  add_definitions(-DOIIO_STATIC_DEFINE)
+  # If the .dll does not exist, assume it is a static OIIO
+  if(NOT EXISTS ${OPENIMAGEIO}/bin/OpenImageIO.dll)
+    add_definitions(-DOIIO_STATIC_DEFINE)
+  endif()
   add_definitions(-DOIIO_NO_SSE=1)
 endif()
 
@@ -646,18 +654,25 @@ if(WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
     set(OPENCOLORIO ${LIBDIR}/OpenColorIO)
     set(OPENCOLORIO_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENCOLORIO}/include)
     set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH ${OPENCOLORIO}/lib)
-    set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBRARIES
-      optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpenColorIO.lib
-      optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libyaml-cpp.lib
-      optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libexpatMD.lib
-      optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/pystring.lib
-      debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpencolorIO_d.lib
-      debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libyaml-cpp_d.lib
-      debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libexpatdMD.lib
-      debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/pystring_d.lib
-    )
+    if(EXISTS ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libexpatMD.lib) # 3.4
+      set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBRARIES
+        optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpenColorIO.lib
+        optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libexpatMD.lib
+        optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/pystring.lib
+        optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libyaml-cpp.lib
+        debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpencolorIO_d.lib
+        debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/libexpatdMD.lib
+        debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/pystring_d.lib
+        debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/yaml-cppd.lib
+      )
+      set(OPENCOLORIO_DEFINITIONS "-DOpenColorIO_SKIP_IMPORTS")
+    else()
+      set(OPENCOLORIO_LIBRARIES
+        optimized ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpenColorIO.lib
+        debug ${OPENCOLORIO_LIBPATH}/OpencolorIO_d.lib
+      )
+    endif()
   endif()
-  set(OPENCOLORIO_DEFINITIONS "-DOpenColorIO_SKIP_IMPORTS")
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENVDB)
@@ -861,16 +876,21 @@ endif()
 if(WITH_USD)
   windows_find_package(USD)
   if(NOT USD_FOUND)
+    # 3.5 22.03 libs
     set(USD_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LIBDIR}/usd/include)
-    set(USD_RELEASE_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m.lib)
-    set(USD_DEBUG_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m_d.lib)
+    set(USD_RELEASE_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_ms.lib)
+    set(USD_DEBUG_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_ms_d.lib)
     set(USD_LIBRARY_DIR ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib)
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${USD_RELEASE_LIB}") # 3.5 22.11 libs
+      set(USD_RELEASE_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms.lib)
+      set(USD_DEBUG_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.lib)
+    endif()
     # Older USD had different filenames, if the new ones are
     # not found see if the older ones exist, to ease the
     # transition period while landing libs.
-    if(NOT EXISTS "${USD_RELEASE_LIB}")
-      set(USD_RELEASE_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/libusd_m.lib)
-      set(USD_DEBUG_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/libusd_m_d.lib)
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${USD_RELEASE_LIB}") # 3.3 static libs
+      set(USD_RELEASE_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m.lib)
+      set(USD_DEBUG_LIB ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_m_d.lib)
     endif()
     set(USD_LIBRARIES
       debug ${USD_DEBUG_LIB}
diff --git a/extern/mantaflow/helper/util/vectorbase.h b/extern/mantaflow/helper/util/vectorbase.h
index 3c7c6e6bc01..b05f90939d4 100644
--- a/extern/mantaflow/helper/util/vectorbase.h
+++ b/extern/mantaflow/helper/util/vectorbase.h
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
 #  undef max
 #endif
 
-// redefine usage of some windows functions
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32)
-#  ifndef snprintf
-#    define snprintf _snprintf
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 // use which fp-precision? 1=float, 2=double
 #ifndef FLOATINGPOINT_PRECISION
 #  define FLOATINGPOINT_PRECISION 1
diff --git a/intern/cycles/cmake/macros.cmake b/intern/cycles/cmake/macros.cmake
index 4ad438c65f9..cd6feee4a3c 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/intern/cycles/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ macro(cycles_external_libraries_append libraries)
     ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES} # For circular dependencies between libs.
     ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES}
     ${BOOST_LIBRARIES}
+    ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
     ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     ${PTHREADS_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/intern/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/intern/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fb5df9d4cd..0df0f19fc84 100644
--- a/intern/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ if(WITH_GTESTS)
     set(TEST_LIB ${TEST_LIB} ${OPENJPEG_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
   include(GTestTesting)
-  blender_add_test_executable(ffmpeg "${TEST_SRC}" "${TEST_INC}" "${TEST_INC_SYS}" "${TEST_LIB}")
+  blender_add_test_lib(ffmpeg_codecs "${TEST_SRC}" "${TEST_INC}" "${TEST_INC_SYS}" "${TEST_LIB}")
 endif()
diff --git a/intern/locale/CMakeLists.txt b/intern/locale/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e3620d7db3..bdad0a0af79 100644
--- a/intern/locale/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/locale/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ set(SRC
 set(LIB
 )
 
+if(WIN32)
+  # This is set in platform_win32.cmake, will exist for 3.4+ library
+  # folders which are dynamic, but not for 3.3 which will be static.
+  if (EXISTS ${BOOST_34_TRIGGER_FILE})
+    add_definitions (-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(APPLE)
   # Cocoa code to read the locale on OSX
   list(APPEND SRC
diff --git a/release/scripts/site/sitecustomize.py b/release/scripts/site/sitecustomize.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..891930eb132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/scripts/site/sitecustomize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Make shared libraries needed by modules available in standalone Python binary.
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+exe_dir, exe_file = os.path.split(sys.executable)
+is_python = exe_file.startswith("python")
+
+# Path to Blender shared libraries.
+shared_lib_dirname = "blender.shared" if sys.platform == "win32" else "lib"
+if is_python:
+    shared_lib_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(exe_dir, "..", "..", "..", shared_lib_dirname))
+else:
+    shared_lib_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(exe_dir, shared_lib_dirname))
+
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    # Directory for extensions to find DLLs.
+    if is_python:
+        os.add_dll_directory(shared_lib_dir)
+
+    # Directory for USD extension to find DLLs.
+    import_paths = os.getenv("PXR_USD_WINDOWS_DLL_PATH")
+    if import_paths is None:
+        os.environ["PXR_USD_WINDOWS_DLL_PATH"] = shared_lib_dir
+
+    # OIIO will by default add all paths from the path variable to add_dll_directory
+    # problem there is that those folders will be searched before ours and versions of
+    # some dlls may be found that are not blenders and may not even be the right version
+    # causing compatibility issues.
+    os.environ["OIIO_LOAD_DLLS_FROM_PATH"] = "0"
+
+# MaterialX libraries, append if already specified.
+materialx_libs_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(shared_lib_dir, "materialx", "libraries"))
+materialx_libs_env = os.getenv("MATERIALX_SEARCH_PATH")
+if materialx_libs_env is None:
+    os.environ["MATERIALX_SEARCH_PATH"] = materialx_libs_dir
+elif sys.platform == "win32":
+    os.environ["MATERIALX_SEARCH_PATH"] = materialx_libs_dir + ";" + materialx_libs_env
+else:
+    os.environ["MATERIALX_SEARCH_PATH"] = materialx_libs_dir + ":" + materialx_libs_env
diff --git a/release/windows/manifest/Blender.CRT.MANIFEST.in b/release/windows/manifest/Blender.CRT.MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 27c4a6bce56..00000000000
--- a/release/windows/manifest/Blender.CRT.MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
-    <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Blender.CRT" version="1.0.0.0" />
-@CRTLIBS@</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/CMakeLists.txt
index c34a97f6837..509255c37b9 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR)
     ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES}
   )
   add_definitions(-DWITH_OPENEXR)
+  if(WIN32)
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/imath/bin/imath.dll)
+      add_definitions(-DIMATH_DLL)
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 blender_add_lib(bf_imbuf_openexr "${SRC}" "${INC}" "${INC_SYS}" "${LIB}")
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index b62cc8403e3..6837bc0da9e 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     set(TARGETDIR_LIB Blender.app/Contents/Resources/lib)
     set(TARGETDIR_TEXT Blender.app/Contents/Resources/text)
   endif()
-
   # Skip re-linking on CPACK / install.
   set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH true)
 endif()
@@ -418,10 +417,24 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     PATTERN ".github" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN ".arcconfig" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "site" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "${ADDON_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL}" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "${FREESTYLE_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL}" EXCLUDE
   )
 
+  if(WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL)
+    if(WIN32)
+      install(
+        FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts/site/sitecustomize.py
+        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+      )
+    else()
+      install(
+        FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts/site/sitecustomize.py
+        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
   unset(ADDON_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL)
   unset(FREESTYLE_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL)
 endif()
@@ -480,6 +493,28 @@ if(WITH_OPENCOLORIO)
     DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/colormanagement
     DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles
   )
+  if(WIN32)
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/bin/opencolorio_2_2.dll) # 3.5
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/bin/opencolorio_2_2.dll
+        RELEASE
+      )
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/bin/opencolorio_d_2_2.dll
+        DEBUG
+      )
+      install(
+        FILES ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib/site-packages-debug/PyOpenColorIO_d.pyd
+        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+        CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+      )
+      install(
+        FILES ${LIBDIR}/opencolorio/lib/site-packages/PyOpenColorIO.pyd
+        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+        CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Helpful tip when using make.
@@ -493,6 +528,33 @@ if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES ".*Makefiles.*")
   )
 endif()
 
+# macro to help install files without dragging in unnecessary data.
+macro(install_dir from to)
+  install(
+    DIRECTORY ${from}
+    DESTINATION ${to}
+    # Irrelevant files and caches.
+    PATTERN ".git" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.orig" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.rej" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "__MACOSX" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN ".DS_Store" EXCLUDE
+    # Unneeded Python files.
+    PATTERN "config-${PYTHON_VERSION}/*.a" EXCLUDE  # static lib
+    PATTERN "lib2to3" EXCLUDE                   # ./lib2to3
+    PATTERN "tkinter" EXCLUDE                   # ./tkinter
+    PATTERN "lib-dynload/_tkinter.*" EXCLUDE    # ./lib-dynload/_tkinter.co
+    PATTERN "idlelib" EXCLUDE                   # ./idlelib
+    PATTERN "test" EXCLUDE                      # ./test
+    PATTERN "turtledemo" EXCLUDE                # ./turtledemo
+    PATTERN "turtle.py" EXCLUDE                 # ./turtle.py
+    PATTERN "wininst*.exe" EXCLUDE              # from distutils, avoid malware false positive
+  )
+endmacro()
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install Targets (Platform Specific)
@@ -532,6 +594,7 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_BPY}
       )
     endif()
+
     # none of the other files are needed currently
   elseif(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
     install(
@@ -620,9 +683,21 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if(WITH_PYTHON)
-    if(WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL)
+  if(WITH_PYTHON AND WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL)
+    # Install executable
+    install(
+      PROGRAMS ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
+      DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/bin
+    )
 
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR})
+      # Precompiled libraries, copy over complete lib directory.
+      install_dir(
+        ${PYTHON_LIBPATH}
+        ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python
+      )
+    else()
+      # System libraries.
       install(
         PROGRAMS ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
         DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/bin
@@ -703,6 +778,24 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         unset(_suffix)
       endif()
 
+      if(WITH_USD)
+        # Install to the same directory as the source, so debian-like
+        # distros are happy with their policy.
+        set(_suffix "site-packages")
+        if(${PYTHON_USD_PATH} MATCHES "dist-packages")
+          set(_suffix "dist-packages")
+        endif()
+        install(
+          DIRECTORY ${USD_LIBRARY_DIR}/python/
+          DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/${_target_LIB}/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/${_suffix}
+          PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+          PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+          PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+          PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+        )
+        unset(_suffix)
+      endif()
+
       if(WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_ZSTANDARD)
         # Install to the same directory as the source, so debian-like
         # distributions are happy with their policy.
@@ -814,6 +907,46 @@ elseif(WIN32)
     unset(ASAN_DLL)
     unset(ASAN_DEBUG_DLL)
   endif()
+  if(WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR OR WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/Iex.dll)
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/Iex.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/IlmThread.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRCore.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRUtil.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXR.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/imath/bin/imath.dll
+        RELEASE
+      )
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/Iex_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/IlmThread_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRCore_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXRUtil_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openexr/bin/OpenEXR_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/imath/bin/imath_d.dll
+        DEBUG
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
+  if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/openimageio.dll)
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES
+          ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/openimageio.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/openimageio_util.dll
+        RELEASE
+      )
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(
+        FILES
+          ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/openimageio_d.dll
+          ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/bin/openimageio_util_d.dll
+        DEBUG
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
   if(WITH_GMP)
     windows_install_shared_manifest(
       FILES ${LIBDIR}/gmp/lib/libgmp-10.dll
@@ -853,6 +986,45 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         FILES ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/bin/openvdb_d.dll
         DEBUG
       )
+
+      # This will not exist for 3.4 and earlier lib folders
+      # to ease the transition, support both 3.4 and 3.5 lib
+      # folders.
+      if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/python/pyopenvdb_d.pyd)
+        install(
+          FILES ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/python/pyopenvdb_d.pyd
+          DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+          CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+        )
+        install(
+          FILES ${LIBDIR}/openvdb/python/pyopenvdb.pyd
+          DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+          CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
+        )
+      endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+    windows_install_shared_manifest(
+      FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXCore.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXFormat.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenGlsl.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenMdl.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenOsl.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenShader.dll
+      RELEASE
+    )
+    windows_install_shared_manifest(
+      FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXCore_d.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXFormat_d.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenGlsl_d.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenMdl_d.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenOsl_d.dll
+        ${LIBDIR}/materialx/bin/MaterialXGenShader_d.dll
+      DEBUG
+    )
   endif()
 
   if(WITH_PYTHON)
@@ -903,7 +1075,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
         PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
         PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
-        PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *)
+        PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
       )
 
       install(
@@ -934,6 +1106,80 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         DESTINATION ${BLENDER_VERSION}/python/bin
         CONFIGURATIONS Debug
       )
+      if(WITH_OPENIMAGEIO)
+        if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages) #this will only exist for 3.5+
+           install(
+            DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages/
+            CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+          )
+        endif()
+        if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}_debug/site-packages)
+          install(
+            DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/openimageio/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}_debug/site-packages/
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages/
+            CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+          )
+        endif()
+      endif()
+      if(WITH_USD)
+        # This will not exist for 3.4 and earlier lib folders
+        # to ease the transition, support both 3.4 and 3.5 lib
+        # folders.
+        if(EXISTS ${USD_LIBRARY_DIR}/python/)
+          install(
+            DIRECTORY ${USD_LIBRARY_DIR}/python/
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+            CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+          )
+        endif()
+        if(EXISTS ${USD_LIBRARY_DIR}/debug/python/)
+          install(
+            DIRECTORY ${USD_LIBRARY_DIR}/debug/python/
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
+            CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+          )
+        endif()
+      endif()
+
+      if(WITH_MATERIALX)
+        # MaterialX python bindings
+
+        install(
+            DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/materialx/python/Release/MaterialX
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages/
+            CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+        )
+        install(
+            DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/materialx/python/Debug/MaterialX
+            DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages/
+            CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+            PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+            PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE           # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+            PATTERN "*.pyo" EXCLUDE                 # * any cache *
+        )
+      endif()
 
       if(WINDOWS_PYTHON_DEBUG)
         install(
@@ -1326,6 +1572,39 @@ if(WITH_USD)
       DESTINATION "${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles"
     )
   endif()
+  if(WIN32)
+    # If this file exists we are building against a 3.5 22.03 library folder
+    # that needs these dll's installed.
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_ms.dll)
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_ms.dll
+        RELEASE
+      )
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_usd_ms_d.dll
+        DEBUG
+      )
+    endif()
+    # If this file exists we are building against a 3.5 22.11 library folder
+    # that needs these dll's installed.
+    if(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms.dll)
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms.dll
+        RELEASE
+      )
+      windows_install_shared_manifest(FILES
+        ${LIBDIR}/usd/lib/usd_ms_d.dll
+        DEBUG
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_MATERIALX AND TARGETDIR_LIB)
+  install(
+    DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/materialx/libraries
+    DESTINATION "${TARGETDIR_LIB}/materialx"
+  )
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32 AND WITH_BOOST)