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What does the Unity USD package document for exporting scenes or animation to USD, and what are its stated limits?

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The Unity USD package (3.0.0-exp.5, experimental) exports selected GameObjects and transform overrides to USDC/USDA/USDZ, recommends the Recorder route when runtime compatibility is not needed, and is pinned to USD v20.08 with no Apple Silicon native editor; it is a scene-graph export, not rendered frames. Curator qualifications: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no engine, exporter or headset run; behaviour not observed. Animated-property coverage of USD Clip is undocumented (producer gap, kept). Code licence Apache-2.0 per producer (S9 not re-fetched); bundled USD library terms unread. Limitations: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no engine, exporter or headset run; behaviour not observed. Experimental 2023 documentation; later commits unread. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Unity-Technologies/usd-unity-sdk/releases",
      "note": "USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.usd@3.0/manual/index.html",
      "note": "USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.usd@3.0/manual/USD%20Export.html",
      "note": "USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.usd@3.0/manual/USD-in-the-Editor.html",
      "note": "USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unity-Technologies/usd-unity-sdk/fc4f7b10a711706e603d82d98765b463569d0eb1/package/com.unity.formats.usd/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The Unity USD package (3.0.0-exp.5, experimental) exports selected GameObjects and transform overrides to USDC/USDA/USDZ, recommends the Recorder route when runtime compatibility is not needed, and is pinned to USD v20.08 with no Apple Silicon native editor; it is a scene-graph export, not rendered frames. · locator: USD Experimental Package for Unity, index (bytes equal producer pin); Exporting USD files (bytes equal pin) source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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