Importing RoomPlan output into Blender

I'm sharing this in case someone else wants to use Apple's RoomPlan to create a model and import it into Blender.

The problem: I could not successfully import a USDZ model from the RoomPlan app into Blender. (I went through the normal process of importing a USDZ file into Blender: change the file type from ".usdz" to ".zip"; unzipped the file; then tried to import the ".usda" file). No surfaces appeared.

The solution: In Apple's source code from here, in the file RoomCaptureViewController.swift, I changed the line

try finalResults?.export(to: destinationURL, exportOptions: .parametric)

to

try finalResults?.export(to: destinationURL, exportOptions: .mesh)

recompiled, and went through the USDZ to USDA conversion process again. This time it worked.

Apparently Blender cannot import parametric USDA models.

Importing RoomPlan output into Blender
 
 
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