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April 19, 2025
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Steam version of Substance Designer can't not open any materials.

  • April 19, 2025
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hello,

 

i got a big issue.
I buy the indie version of Substance, on steam.
Unfortunately, i can't open any materials, they all got a kind of locker next to the SBS.

I can create mine but that's it.

It's really problematic cause i should do notations for my students, and can't work cause of that.

What a shame...

Any solutions please ?

Correct answer Luca Giarrizzo

Hello @Mr. Costard,

 

I will make a guess that the materials you wish to open and annotate in Designer are SBSAR files.

Please note these are compiled versions of graphs which cannot be opened as graphs nor edited.

 

Only graphs in SBS files may be loaded and edited. If possible, reach out to the author of the SBSAR files and ask for the source SBS files.

 

If the SBSAR was procured on our Substance 3D Assets library, please note a lot of materials may be downloaded as SBS files, as shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about this topic.

 

Best regards.

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Luca Giarrizzo
Community Manager
Luca GiarrizzoCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
May 5, 2025

Hello @Mr. Costard,

 

I will make a guess that the materials you wish to open and annotate in Designer are SBSAR files.

Please note these are compiled versions of graphs which cannot be opened as graphs nor edited.

 

Only graphs in SBS files may be loaded and edited. If possible, reach out to the author of the SBSAR files and ask for the source SBS files.

 

If the SBSAR was procured on our Substance 3D Assets library, please note a lot of materials may be downloaded as SBS files, as shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about this topic.

 

Best regards.

Luca Giarrizzo | Quality Engineer - Substance 3D Designer | Adobe