Manage Imports

Manage Imports

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Imports Panel

The Import panel can be shown or hidden by selecting "View > Libraries > Imports" from the menu bar. This panel displays the imported contentresources in a hierarchical mannermanner. and further provides drag & drop functionality to create new items in Scene Editor from imported items.

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Visibility in Imports Panel

In the Imports panel, which is by default displayed next to the Solution Explorer, you can see your imports.

The visibility of this panelThey can be toggledplaced viaon the Menuscene "View"editor -by "Libraries"drag-and-drop - "Imports".operations.

 

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Properties

Preserveof Imported Folder Structureresources

TheWhen "Preserveyou select an imported folderresources structure"either optionin isSolution availableExplorer foror Import panel, its properties are shown in Properties panel. Information about the followingselected imports: FBX, images, custom imports. This option allows the user to import, simultaneously, many items without putting them together in the same folder. If a bunch of images are imported, each of them can be added in a separate folder instead of being added altogether in the same folder.

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Imported Items Properties

To inspect the properties of imported items, simply select them in the "Imports" or "Solution Explorer" panel. The properties will then be displayed in "Properties"Properties panel.

 

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Clone, Delete and Rename Items

Imported objectsresources can be cloned, renamed or deleted in the Solution Explorer panel. 
Right-click an imported item in the Solution Explorer and choose the desired option from the context menu. You can also deleteright-click importon collections by right clicking thea folder containing the imported files.files to bulk delete them.

For further information refer to Solution Explorer Context Menu.

 

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Delete Unused Imports

If there are unused imports or import parts, it is possible to clean up the solution by using the "Delete Unused Imports..." option. This option is available in the

The "Delete Unused Imports" dialog will list all the imports from a solution.

The filter button allows to hide/show the unused (= undeletable) imports. Tick the checkboxes for unused imports to delete them with the Delete button.