Learn to say popular 3D model and scene exchange file format names correctly.
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How is glTF (royalty-free file format for efficiently transmitting and loading 3D scenes) correctly pronounced?
glTF is officially pronounced 'jee-ELF' — rhymes with 'shelf', short for GL Transmission Format. In a technical interview: "glTF loaded the model straight into the web viewer, textures and animations included, with no conversion step."
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How is USD (Universal Scene Description, Pixar's format for exchanging complex 3D scenes) correctly pronounced?
USD (the 3D format) is pronounced 'YOO-ES-DEE' — every letter spoken individually, U-S-D, the same letters as the currency code. In a technical interview: "USD let every department layer their own edits onto the same shared scene without overwriting each other's work."
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How is FBX (Autodesk's proprietary file format for exchanging 3D models and animation) correctly pronounced?
FBX is pronounced 'EF-BEE-EKS' — every letter spoken individually, F-B-X. In a technical interview: "FBX carried the rigged skeleton and its animation clips from the modeling tool straight into the game engine."
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How is STL (stereolithography file format, the standard for 3D printing) correctly pronounced?
STL is pronounced 'ES-TEE-EL' — every letter spoken individually, S-T-L. In a technical interview: "STL described the model as a mesh of triangles, which is exactly what the printer's slicer needed."
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How is OBJ (simple, widely supported 3D geometry file format) correctly pronounced?
OBJ is pronounced 'OH-BEE-JAY' — every letter spoken individually, O-B-J, short for 'object'. In a technical interview: "OBJ exported the static mesh cleanly, but we still needed a separate format for the animation."