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      "title": "Opening a USD Stage",
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      "code": "// Traverse all prims looking for the oscilloscope\nfor prim in stage.descendants {\n    if prim.name == \"scope\" {\n        // There it is! 🔬\n    }\n}\n\n// It wasn't there — define a new Xform prim for it\n\nlet scope = stage.definePrim(at: \"/World/scope\", type: “Xform\"))\n\n// Add a file reference to the prim\n\ntry scope.references.add(“/ALab/assets/scope.usda”)"
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      "code": "let output = URL(fileURLWithPath: \"/ALab/alab_compressed.usdz\")\n\n// Export the stage as a USDZ package\n\ntry stage.exportPackage(\n    to: output,\n    options: [\n        .preferSmallTextureFiles(quality: .standard),   // compress textures\n        .preferSmallMeshFiles                           // compress mesh geometry\n    ]\n)"
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