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Format

Universal Scene Description ASCII File

Summary

Name
Universal Scene Description ASCII File
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/1905
  • Wikidata QID Identifier: Q105856757
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
Universal Scene Description is a framework developed by Pixar. It is described as a system for encoding scalable, hierarchically organised, static and time-sampled data, for the primary purpose of interchanging and augmenting the data between cooperating digital content creation applications. USDA files are plain ASCII and are also known as crate files.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Universal_Scene_Description
File extensions
usda
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Internal signatures

Universal Scene Description ASCII File

Note
BOF:'#usda' followed by 0x20 (Space) followed by '1.'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
237573646120312E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    Universal Scene Description ASCII File: Correction of wikidata reference. Submitted by Yale University Library.

  • Added in V115

    Release date
    15 November 2023

    Universal Scene Description ASCII File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.

    Universal Scene Description ASCII File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.