Unity Asset Transformer

You can try Asset Transformer any time through Pipeline Automation workflows (transformations are free during beta and you only pay for pipeline compute if you exceed your included license allowance). Asset Transformer Toolkit is included in the 30-day free trial of Unity Industry, alongside Unity's suite of tools for advanced visualization, simulation, AR/VR, and interactive applications. To evaluate Asset Transformer SDK or Studio, contact us to learn more.

Asset Transformer Toolkit is a Unity package natively supported in the Unity Editor. Asset Transformer Studio and SDK export to Unity-compatible 3D formats such as FBX, glTF, or OBJ.

Asset Transformer supports more than 70 file formats and extensions for various industries, including CATIA, JT, STEP, IFC, PVZ, NWD, USD and glTF. See the full list of supported files here.

CAD files rely on exact parametric surfaces (called BRep, or NURBS), whereas real-time 3D engines like Unity need triangular representations of 3D objects (called meshes). Asset Transformer translates CAD data into mesh data.

For basic interactive workflows, use Asset Transformer Toolkit to import CAD directly into the Editor. For heavy data, use Asset Transformer Studio or SDK to preprocess. For quick one-off jobs, use Asset Transformer in Asset Manager via the Optimize & Convert quick tool. For building transformations into larger workflows (e.g. automating the entire process of CAD ingestion, transformation, and export), use Pipeline Automation.

Asset Transformer offers many methods to simplify your model, including:

• Reducing the number of triangles through decimation or Remove Occluded Geometries
• Reducing the complexity of the hierarchy and number of entities in your scenes (sub-meshes with merge or combine)
• Creating a new optimized GameObject through retopology (proxy-mesh + bake) or Create Impostor / Billboard

Asset Transformer SDK runs on-premises or in your own cloud environment, so your data stays inside your own infrastructure. It ships with Python libraries, a C# .NET NuGet package, Docker-ready images, and Terraform scripts, with access to all core Asset Transformer algorithms for building custom, automated pipelines.

Asset Transformer via Pipeline Automation: metered, see compute costs on our pricing page.

Toolkit: included with Unity Industry.

Studio and SDK: contact us.

Asset Transformer Toolkit is included with a Unity Industry subscription. Asset Transformer Studio and Asset Transformer SDK require a separate entitlement from Unity licenses.

If you wish to purchase Asset Transformer Toolkit, we recommend Unity Industry, which includes Unity Enterprise, the Asset Transformer Toolkit and an Industry Success package complete with dedicated Unity Advisor and access to on-demand training.

You can also use Asset Transformer Studio and/or Asset Transformer SDK to prepare data for use in real-time 3D, then export that data for use with Unity.

Asset Transformer is the evolution of Pixyz, the 3D data optimization technology Unity has offered for years.

Pixyz Scenario Processor is no longer available for download, but existing customers keep access to the technology. We recommend migrating to Asset Transformer SDK; the Python APIs are closely aligned, so most scripts carry over. Pixyz Plugin 2.0 users should move to Asset Transformer Toolkit, and Plugin 2.0 remains installable from Package Manager in the meantime. Note that Studio plugins are not compatible with SDK. See more about the licensing migration here.