# I have splat values from a typical training export (log scales, logit opacity): which values must I convert before putting them in a glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting file or a USD ParticleField3DGaussianSplat prim?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T12:41:28.178Z
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Both glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting and OpenUSD ParticleField3DGaussianSplat store linear scale and linear 0..1 opacity; the OpenUSD example converter applies exp() to PLY log scales and a logistic sigmoid to PLY logit opacity and treats rot_0 as the quaternion real part; glTF marks out-of-range opacity invalid and defines diffuse colour from SH0 with a +0.5 bias at render time.

Both glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting and OpenUSD ParticleField3DGaussianSplat store linear scale and linear 0..1 opacity; the OpenUSD example converter applies exp() to PLY log scales and a logistic sigmoid to PLY logit opacity and treats rot_0 as the quaternion real part; glTF marks out-of-range opacity invalid and defines diffuse colour from SH0 with a +0.5 bias at render time.

Curator qualifications: Converter is an example script (read, not run); no conversion output validated. Field-by-field crosswalk (C2-B86-T1-01) unreviewed. Static reading only; no conversion or render run.

Limitations: Static reading only; no conversion or render run.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README lines 136, 145, 296 (glTF 7cee0fcd); usdVol schema.usda lines ~285-346 at 5b3c21a1; py3dgsPlyToUsd.py lines 342, 369-386, 399"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README lines 136, 145, 296 (glTF 7cee0fcd); usdVol schema.usda lines ~285-346 at 5b3c21a1; py3dgsPlyToUsd.py lines 342, 369-386, 399"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/extras/imaging/examples/hdParticleField/py3dgsPlyToUsd.py",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README lines 136, 145, 296 (glTF 7cee0fcd); usdVol schema.usda lines ~285-346 at 5b3c21a1; py3dgsPlyToUsd.py lines 342, 369-386, 399"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Both glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting and OpenUSD ParticleField3DGaussianSplat store linear scale and linear 0..1 opacity; the OpenUSD example converter applies exp() to PLY log scales and a logistic sigmoid to PLY logit opacity and treats rot_0 as the quaternion real part; glTF marks out-of-range opacity invalid and defines diffuse colour from SH0 with a +0.5 bias at render time. · locator: KHR_gaussian_splatting README lines 136, 145, 296 (glTF 7cee0fcd); usdVol schema.usda lines ~285-346 at 5b3c21a1; py3dgsPlyToUsd.py lines 342, 369-386, 399 · source: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md

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