Export Stage
Triggers or enables writing the stage.
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USD / 3DIntermediate
uExport
USD stage exporter
Writes the current USD stage to a .usd file for interchange, caching, handoff or inspection outside the active Fusion composition.
uExport
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
uExport is the endpoint for writing a composed USD stage to disk. It is useful when the scene built in Fusion must be reused, inspected, cached or passed into another USD-aware application or pipeline step.
Overview
What uExport does
uExport is the endpoint for writing a composed USD stage to disk. It is useful when the scene built in Fusion must be reused, inspected, cached or passed into another USD-aware application or pipeline step.
Mental model
Think of uExport as the file-output boundary of the USD graph: everything upstream becomes a stage that can be saved and handed off.
Common uses
Export a composed USD shot
Cache a heavy USD scene
Hand off assets to another application
Archive a stage version
Inspect generated USD outside Resolve
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Stage / Scene Input
3D scene or object data to be processed or combined.
uExport
Fusion node
Stage passthrough / Output
The resulting USD stage.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Format
Chooses the USD output format.
USD (*.usd)
Writes a Universal Scene Description file at the configured destination.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Assemble the final USD stage.
- 2
Verify prim names, materials and transforms before export.
- 3
Add uExport at the stage boundary.
- 4
Choose the output filename and format.
- 5
Export and validate the resulting file in the next application or viewer.
Typical node chain
USD Stage→
uExport→
.usd File
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
USD handoff
Write a composed stage for use outside Fusion.
uLoader / uShapeuMergeuExport
Scene cache
Save an expensive procedural stage before later rendering.
uDuplicateuMaterialuExportuLoader
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Exporting before checking stage hierarchy and transforms.
Assuming every external application interprets materials identically.
Overwriting an important stage without versioning.
Production notes
Practical tips
Version exported USD files explicitly.
Use simple prim names when the stage is intended for interchange.
Reload an exported stage once to verify the handoff.
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