diff --git a/backend/app/domains/pipeline/tasks/export_glb.py b/backend/app/domains/pipeline/tasks/export_glb.py
index dfa1956..9e7c34b 100644
--- a/backend/app/domains/pipeline/tasks/export_glb.py
+++ b/backend/app/domains/pipeline/tasks/export_glb.py
@@ -768,7 +768,11 @@ def generate_usd_master_task(self, cad_file_id: str) -> dict:
         if manifest_parts:
             try:
                 resolved = {
-                    p["part_key"]: {"source_name": p["source_name"], "prim_path": p["prim_path"]}
+                    p["part_key"]: {
+                        "source_name": p["source_name"],
+                        "prim_path": p["prim_path"],
+                        "canonical_material": p.get("canonical_material"),
+                    }
                     for p in manifest_parts
                 }
                 eng3 = _ce(sync_url)
diff --git a/render-worker/scripts/export_step_to_usd.py b/render-worker/scripts/export_step_to_usd.py
index afbd92f..5a768ad 100644
--- a/render-worker/scripts/export_step_to_usd.py
+++ b/render-worker/scripts/export_step_to_usd.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     # ── Create USD stage ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     stage = Usd.Stage.CreateNew(str(output_path))
-    UsdGeom.SetStageUpAxis(stage, UsdGeom.Tokens.y)
+    UsdGeom.SetStageUpAxis(stage, UsdGeom.Tokens.z)
     UsdGeom.SetStageMetersPerUnit(stage, 0.001)  # mm; Blender handles m conversion on import
 
     root_prim = UsdGeom.Xform.Define(stage, "/Root")
@@ -705,7 +705,10 @@ def main() -> None:
             mesh = UsdGeom.Mesh.Define(stage, mesh_path)
             mesh.CreateSubdivisionSchemeAttr(UsdGeom.Tokens.none)
 
-            # OCC (X, Y, Z) mm Z-up → USD (X, -Z, Y) mm Y-up
+            # OCC is Z-up (mm) but Y-forward. Blender is Z-up, Y-backward.
+            # GLB export uses: Blender(X, -Z_occ, Y_occ) × 0.001
+            # USD stage is Z-up with metersPerUnit=0.001, so Blender applies
+            # only the scale.  Write (X, -Z, Y) to match GLB orientation.
             mesh.CreatePointsAttr(Vt.Vec3fArray([
                 Gf.Vec3f(x, -z, y) for (x, y, z) in vertices
             ]))