# UsdGeomCapsule\_1 and UsdGeomCylinder\_1

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**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/usdgeomcapsule-1-and-usdgeomcylinder-1/2658 "2025-08-22T15:53:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.aousd.org/andrew/32/130_2.png) [@andrew](https://forum.aousd.org/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/usdgeomcapsule-1-and-usdgeomcylinder-1/2658/1 "2025-08-22T15:53:01Z")

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Does anyone know the adoption status of UsdGeomCapsule\_1 and UsdGeomCylinder\_1 in various DCCs and renderers?

I’m trying to decide if/when to start authoring these types & whether they should replace the originals or exist alongside them.

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**Author:** ![spiff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.aousd.org/spiff/32/22_2.png) [@spiff](https://forum.aousd.org/u/spiff)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/usdgeomcapsule-1-and-usdgeomcylinder-1/2658/2 "2025-08-22T22:40:20Z")

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Can only speak to the second part, which is that we do hope for them to replace the original versions, but with renderers retaining support for the old schemas - Hydra will continue to support them via fallback behavior in implicitSurfaceSceneIndex.cpp . I’ll note that even though we do provide UsdPrim and UsdSchemaRegistry API’s to reason about the “Family” of schemas that are different versions of each other, we do not yet provide any data-driven indication of which versions should be considered deprecated, and we’re eager to work with DCC vendors to figure out what API’s would be most helpful in building up a set of schemas-to-present to the user for instantiating.