---
title: descendants
framework: usdkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: usdkit/usdprim/descendants
---

# descendants

The active, loaded, defined, non-abstract descendant prims of this prim, in depth-first order.

## Declaration

```swift
var descendants: [USDPrim] { get }
```

## See Also

### Traversing the hierarchy

- [children](usdkit/usdprim/children.md)
- [allChildren](usdkit/usdprim/allchildren.md)
- [allDescendants](usdkit/usdprim/alldescendants.md)
- [nextSibling](usdkit/usdprim/nextsibling.md)
- [children(where:)](usdkit/usdprim/children(where:).md)
- [descendants(where:)](usdkit/usdprim/descendants(where:).md)
- [nextSibling(where:)](usdkit/usdprim/nextsibling(where:).md)
- [prim(at:)](usdkit/usdprim/prim(at:).md)
- [USDPrim.Predicate](usdkit/usdprim/predicate.md)