Convert USD to 3DS via Python

Export USD & other 3D files using .NET Framework, .NET Core and Mono

Export USD Scene as 3DS with C#

Load USD file using a from_file of Scene class
Call Scene.save method
Pass output file name with .3ds extension as first parameter
Specify Discreet3DS field value from FileFormat class

3D Format Conversion API for Python via .NET

Install from command line as pip install aspose-3d .

Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .

C# Code for USD to 3DS Conversion# load the USD in an object of Scene 
scene = aspose.threed.Scene.from_file("template.usd");
# save USD as a 3DS 
scene.save("output.3ds", aspose.threed.FileFormat.Discreet3DS);

Other Conversion Options

USD TO OBJ (Wavefront 3D Object File)

USD TO STL (Stereolithography File)

USD TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

USD TO FBX (Autodesk FBX Interchange File)

USD TO RVM (AVEVA RVM)

USD TO JT (JT Open CAD File)

USD TO DAE (Digital Asset Exchange File)

USD TO DXF (Autodesk Drawing Exchange Format)

USD What is USD File Format?

A file with .usd extension is a Universal Scene Description file format that encodes data for the purpose of data interchanging and augmenting between digital content creation applications. Developed by Pixar, USD provides the ability to interchange elemental assets (such as models) or animation.

3DS What is 3DS File Format?

A file with .3ds extension represents 3D Sudio (DOS) mesh file format used by Autodesk 3D Studio. Autodesk 3D Studio has been in 3D file format market since 1990s and has now evolved to 3D Studio MAX for working with 3D modeling, animation and rendering. A 3DS file contains data for 3D representation of scenes and images and is one of the popular file formats for 3D data import and export. It considers information like camera locations, Mesh data, lighting information, viewport configurations, smoothing group data, bitmap references and attributes to create vertices and polygons for rendering a scene.