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| Posted by Keet at Dec 17, 2024, 8:14:04 PM |
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Re: Books & Book Sleeves When you add a model to a Furniture Library (.sh3f file), the obj, mtl, and texture files are copied into the library. You can then delete all of the original files if you wish. What I do is zip the obj and mtl files along with the used textures for that model. I move the zip in a subdirectory "zip". If I create a Furniture Library I use the zipped files to add them to the library. Not all zipped models are added to a Furniture Library so keeping the model zips is necessary. In most cases I remove the original files once I have the model zip file secured and checked in the zip directory. The Furniture Library is just a second container that holds a copy of the zips. This works great for simple models. When you create more complex models they will most likely consist of multiple parts, with each part being a separate obj and mtl file with its textures. Zip the end result like before and move it to a "zip" directory. Zip all the files that are part of the model including the end result files. Then you can delete the individual files leaving only a single zip with the development files as a backup. That cleans up pretty good and is much easier to backup to other storage. Usually I don't have many sub files for parts. This is because with experience you can use a filename "tmp" for each part while developing the model, overwriting the previous part. All the parts should still be in your Sweet Home 3D project anyway so you could export them again anyway. ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
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