Improving referencing of materialX files

[sharktacos]

Describe the bug
The current way that materialX documents are referenced into USD could be improved.

1. All shaders are renamed to the generic "ND_standard_surface_surfaceshader" instead of retaining the name in the materialX doc.
2. The shader connects from the non-existent "surface" into "mtlx:surface" producing an error. This should be "out" > "mtlx:surface"
3. An input node connects to every attribute in the Standard Surface making all of the attribute sliders unusable. This results in the following compound where the attributes are now in alphabetical order, and the connected maps do not show:

This input node is in addition to the maps and nodes connected in the MaterialX file, and as such is unnecessary.

Better would simply be to not have this input node at all. This would result in the following, where the maps are all connected as they are in the MaterialX doc, and the Standard Surface appears as expected:

Note that a user cannot break the unwanted connections from the input node, which gives the error
"// Error: Node deletion failed: can not delete I/O nodes."

Steps to reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Reference in a materialX document. For example the OpenChessSet sample "A Beautiful Game"
2. See the above

Specs (if applicable):

• OS & version [Mac]
• Maya version [Maya 2025]
• Maya USD commit SHA [USD shipping with Maya 2025]

[ADSKnikolam]

Hey Derek, all

Thank you for your input. We're focused on enhancing the workflow of USD referencing MaterialX files, and have scheduled the required tasks to be completed soon. This week, we're collaborating with our Development team to test the feasibility of the proposed workflow. I am optimistic that the issue will be resolved in the most user-friendly manner. The aim is to make the referenced MaterialX graphs in the USD materialX graph resemble the native MaterialX graphs as closely as possible.

Thanks
Nikola

[dgovil]

The first point is due to this PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD#3100 afaik