External Files Manager Overview

 
 
 

To open the external files manager, choose File External Files from the main menu.

The external file manager is a two-pane view. The left pane allows you to specify whether to display external files for the entire scene or for a particular model in the scene. The right pane contains a grid that lists external files, as well as controls to sort and work with the files in that list.

Using the External Files Manager

A

The buttons at the top of the right pane provide various controls for viewing and managing external files.

B

Selected files are highlighted in green. Click in the farthest left cell of the row to select a file.

C

Files with invalid paths are highlighted in red.

D

The grid lists all of the external files for the scene/model as specified in the left pane, and of the type specified in the File Type list (Options area).

E

The left pane allows you to choose whether to show all external files used by the scene, or only those used by a particular model. Select either the scene or the model to display its files.

F

Click the Refresh button to refresh the list of files used in the scene.