The following global functions are available in version 3.0 of the RTS API:
| GetStandardVertexAttributeName: | Returns the friendly name for the specified eStandardVertexAttribute | |
| GetStandardVertexAttributeComponents | Returns a string enumerating the components for the specified eStandardVertexAttribute. | |
| GetStandardVertexAttributeDefaultXSIName | Returns the Softimage name matching the specified eStandardVertexAttribute. | |
| GetStandardVertexAttributeFromXSIName | Returns the vertex attribute matching the specified Softimage name. | |
| GetSizeOfAttribute | Returns the size (in bytes) of the specified eXSI_Attribute_Size enum value. |