Substance 3D Designer

I’d like to set up a substance designer file as a template so that it can be viewed but not changed. Is there a way to set it as read-only? The default graphs are read-only, so I figure there’s a way it can be done.

I’m having an issue with Substance Designer’s script path setup. When I set a path using an environment variable, only scripts placed directly under that root directory are recognized. Scripts located in subfolders are not detected, which makes it difficult to organize modules in a hierarchical folder structure. Because of this limitation, I’m unable to properly separate and manage my scripts. Is there any way to make Substance Designer recognize scripts inside subdirectories, or is this a known limitation?

HiI’m creating some dynamic ribbon materials, but I’m running into an issue where a visible seam appears where the end piece meets the middle section when the material is used in Painter.Specifically, there is a line of differently colored pixels in the normal map at the point where the pieces connect. I’m not sure what is causing it, but it consistently shows up when the material is used.To rule out problems with my node setup, I started from the “Leather Strap Ribbon” template and modified it from there.At first, I thought the issue might be related to my use of 2D Transform nodes with tiling disabled, but even with a very basic setup (as shown in the top image), the seam still appears.One thing I’ve noticed is that the problem always occurs at the “End” section, never at the beginning.Anyone have an idea what I might be causing this? 

Is it possible to send the vector patterns drawn by Illustrator to Designer for use?

Hi there,I didn’t open it since 1 month, but impossible to launch Substance Designer now,  which crashes just after launch opening a report log window. I’m on a Mac M2 Sequoia15.7.3. I though it was maybe du to the last update then I uninstalled Designer, delete preferences, and installed an older versions but, surprise, it doesn’t work neither… I can't understand what's going on, if you have any idea ;-)JA

I tried to download a zip file, but I can't download it: "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below". What's the problem?Link: https://attachments-us-west-2.insided.com/2815e52e-cc6b-11f0-b9d7-88aedd688ac4/3DWood_Version_4a.zip?Expires=1771170845&Signature=WBaXZskxMrRpXkkT~CVnRSQ4jCk9-CksFC9RbyU2JHBnu0if3IidJHs~sfpN1U9GS~Foq05mInpB7pne4hOJvoYg2WYxJhP5BeeWkjYSAvGy2Wrc8MaDD7P6txabdxpCrhpfAaebbskAjOhBmoPBHaIVHIDjv5YiKrk9P3uhp~McQNhwCsvb73UVUpfkH-boHHJvHijFHadTqSnv3pK-OUodNYHeOtFMskFY0xfB23-B0YJQ1OjyFrFtU2ubmQa230HyoxUrnhUCL2pEjEzCXs4YafWE54E2n1kI8D6HQMB~W4c0q4XsiKQ1JkVPpenmKgpnPWUNni2kL0cdObqM7w__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJODP2KXSV47YM4AA

As my graphs are getting more "spaghetti-like," I’m really struggling to keep the wires organized.I know we have the "All Rectangular Links" option in the settings, but honestly, it’s a bit too much for me.Is there any way (maybe a hidden setting or a plugin) to get "Partially Rectangular Links"?What I want is a hybrid style: keeping the smooth splines for the most part, but having the ability to "snap" certain sections or specific node connections into rectangular angles. I want that clean look without the rigidness of the "All" mode.

Hi, I am trying to get up and running with Substance Designer, and I notice the default renderer has been updated since I last used the software. I am working in a fresh scene, and trying to visualize my height/displacement in isolation. My renderer is set to the GPU Pathtracer, and I have increased my tessellation values on a Sphere 2 tiles. However, rolling the lights in the 3d viewport just removes any visibility of the displacement, and I can really only see it in the shadows. I have attached a screenshot for your viewing.Is this a bug or user error on my part? Lastly, is there a way to isolate a node in the 3d view so I can see each change one at a time? I was looking at documentation and apparently 1 or 2 on the keyboard is supposed to do this, but in my case it just toggles the link creation mode.Thanks. 

I’m baking out textures from a source mesh to a target mesh using the Transferred Texture baker. One of my source textures is RGBA. But when I bake out the texture output is RGB. How can I bake out RGBA? Do I need to link the source texture to an alpha map in the source material? If so, this is quite tedious since I use alpha in both the Diffuse and Roughness maps. 

I am trying to  update  my workflow in Designer by sending images  for final composition, crop, export  and archiving to be done  in Photoshop.    So I need  the files be looking same in Photoshop.    I want to keep 16bit integer format at least  and want a quick one to update and save inside PHs smart objects.      I Did it with pngs before   but they slow as hell in PHs .Tiff looks much quicker   but I seems couldn't get rid of  extra gamma correction  in PHs.     Is there a way to export tifs as is without  any profile attached?  The way PSH would  use default srgb profile without asking anything or recalculating colors ?     For some  reason I thoght RAW is the way but looks like it doesn't .

Installed Substance Designer Painter, Stager   Stager runs fine,   Designer, Painter keep generating error 205 messages. Have installed , uninstalled, rebooted, logged in to ACC, logged out. No Joy. I am signed into my ACC subscription. I have signed out. I have signed in, have signed out. It appears that Substance app is not finding my subscription. I cannot even sign in our out from the app. I keep getting the error code 205 popup. Selecting the contact support brings up a 404 page error. I have disabled my Anti-virus many times I have tried different browsers. Anyone?   Anyone?  Bueller???