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Learn to use this Beta feature, but use caution when shipping with it.

Features available in Beta state give you the opportunity to learn how they work, plan your pipeline, and create test content. You should use caution when using these features in production , as we are still working to get to shipping-quality performance, stability, and platform support. We support backward compatibility for assets, and the APIs for these features are stable.

Universal Scene Description (USD)

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The Universal Scene Description (USD) interchange format is an open-source format developed by Pixar to address the need to robustly and scalably interchange and augment arbitrary 3D scenes that may be composed of many elemental assets. USD not only provides a rich toolset for reading, writing, editing, and rapidly previewing 3D geometry and shading, but also provides for the interchange of elemental assets (for example, models) or animations.

Getting Started

Universal Scene Description in Unreal Engine

An overview of Universal Scene Description (USD) and how to use it in Unreal Engine 4.

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USD Stage Editor Quick Start

A tutorial on using the USD Stage workflow with your USD data.