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name: godot-3d-worlds
description: Build Godot 4.6+ 3D worlds. Use for Node3D transforms, cameras, lights, environments, glTF import, static and skinned assets, terrain-scale instancing, visibility ranges, LOD, and 3D physics integration.
---

# 3D worlds

Lock the project unit scale and renderer first. Use glTF as the default interchange path, preserve
an authored source asset, and configure import options before creating gameplay dependencies.

| Need | Read |
| --- | --- |
| Transforms, camera, lights, WorldEnvironment | [3D scene setup](references/3d-scene-camera-lighting.md) |
| glTF meshes, materials, skeletons and reimport | [asset import](references/asset-import-gltf.md) |
| MultiMesh, visibility ranges, occlusion, scale | [instancing and LOD](references/terrain-instancing-lod.md) |
| CharacterBody3D and world-scale integration | [3D physics](references/3d-physics-integration.md) |