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Which files go in which project folders?

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:19:16 GMT

I just downloaded a model to be rigged as part of an exercise I'm doing in a book on rigging. I know the textures files go in the images folder. However, I have files shown in the attached that I don't know which folder location to transfer them to. Can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance.

Re: Which files go in which project folders?

patrick.schock — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:09:19 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

thanks for your post! Basically it is good to create a new project in Maya when you start working on a new scene. Here is an overview, how it works: Create a new project. Here is also a video tutorial: 01 Maya Tutorial - Creating and Setting a Project

This helps to organize all files, like scene files (go to "scenes"), texture files (go to "sourceimages") and also files that Maya creates automatically. The ".swatch"-files are such files that are automatically created by Maya, it is the representation of a material in the Hypershade window:

Once you have created a material in the Hypershade, a material "swatch" will show how it looks like. This little rendering of the shader ball is stored automatically in this path YourProjectName/scenes/.mayaSwatches:

I hope this helps! Looking forward to your response if you have further questions!

Best regards,

Patrick

Re: Which files go in which project folders?

lynn_zhang — Mon, 25 May 2020 12:32:16 GMT

Hello @Anonymous ,

Just checking to see if your problem has been solved. Have you tried the above suggestion from @patrick.schock and did you find it helpful? If yes, please click on the "Accept as Solution" button in his reply so this helps other users in the community find the solution too. Thanks!

Re: Which files go in which project folders?

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2020 12:35:32 GMT

I have no idea if his suggestion helped because I found the answer
elsewhere.

Re: Which files go in which project folders?

lynn_zhang — Mon, 25 May 2020 13:10:58 GMT

Oh great, glad to hear you found the answer! Would you be able to share the answer with the Community here?