A custom environment library is required to create and save any new custom environments. User edits or additions to the default library are not allowed.

Be sure that all users of the scene file have access to the library files, or that you include the environment files with your scene files.

Add an environment library

1. Press E to open the Environments interface.
2. In the Environment Librariessection, click Manage.

   The environment library management menu appears:

   
3. Select Add Library from the menu.
4. Browse to a folder that you wish to use for custom environments, or to a folder that already has custom environments in it.
5. Click OK in the file browser.

   The new environment library location is displayed in alphabetical order (by path-name) in the Environment Libraries section.

Remove an environment library

1. PressE to open the Environments interface.
2. In the Environment Libraries section, right-click the path-name of your environment library and choose Remove Library from the menu that appears.

Share environment libraries

To share environment libraries with other users:

1. Share or set permissions for the folder containing your custom environments to allow read access at the very minimum.

   If you wish to allow edits or saving new environments to the library, enable write access for selected users as well.

2. For each user, add the shared library path following the steps described in Add an environment library.
   Note

   Custom environment library paths are stored for each user of Showcase in their personal userPrefs.xml file in the My Documents\Autodesk Showcase2012 folder. If you switch users or machines, you will not see the same custom environments unless they are defined in the userPrefs.xml file for the local user.