Working in the External Files Manager Grid

Click a row heading to select a row or click a column heading to select a column.

Shift+click and/or Ctrl+click, or drag the mouse to select multiple columns or rows, or add columns or rows to the selection.

Individual cells are selectable, except for File Type and Status cells.

The left-hand pane of the external files manager provides clickable links for the scene itself and for all of the models in the scene. Clicking these links causes the grid to display the external files used by the entire scene, or the model whose link you clicked.

The File Type drop-down in the Options section of the external files manager allows you to restrict the files listed in the grid to a particular type (for example actions, material libraries, pictures, synoptic views, and so on). Setting the file type to All lists files of all types.

To resolve the relative paths shown in the User Path column, check the View resolved paths check box. Resolved paths are then displayed in the Resolved Path column.

By default, the external files manager does not resolve relative paths because it can slow down system performance — sometimes drastically — in cases where a large number of paths are no longer valid.

You can control the number of items (records) that are displayed in the grid by selecting Show All, 10, 25, or 50 from the Grid Size drop-down in the Options section.

You can sort, in ascending order, the files listed in the grid by selecting the column of the parameter you want to sort by and clicking the Sort Selected Column button in the Actions section.