How do i import my materials from adobe creative cloud into adobe substance 3d sampler?

[Mark S. Johnson]

Hi.  I have thousands of Substance materials that are available in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop under "Stock & Marketplace" > "3D."  I would like to have these materials automatically import into Substance 3D Sampler, but none of them do.  I understand how to add these materials manually linking to a folder on my hard drive, but I would rather link directly into Creative Cloud so that every time I download a new material from substance3d.adobe.com/assets, it automatically shows up in Sampler.  Is this possible?  Thanks.

[Ares Hovhannesyan · Accepted solution]

You can use "Send To" command to send material into app

[Mark S. Johnson]

Thanks very much, Ares.  Do you know if there is a way to connect to all Creative Cloud materials at once from within Sampler? 

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

You can find just links in "Help Menu" of Sampler to Substance 3D Assets Homepage (adobe.com) or communoty assets, but can't download into Sampler. For now we need to use CC.

[Mark S. Johnson]

Thanks for your responses, Ares.  I don't see a way to select all of the materials at once in CC so that I can send them all at one time to Sampler.  Does this exist?  If not, I'm definitely casting a vote for a solution where you can link into the entire Creative Cloud library of assets from within Sampler with just a click or two.  The current method is incredibly clunky for customers like me who have purchased thousands of materials.

[Mark S. Johnson]

In the absense of a good way to connect to my entire library of materials, I'm trying to link to my local Substance Source folder which contains numerous subfolders, each with lots of materials.  In the past, with Alchemist, I've been able to link to the top level Substance Source folder and Alchemist would import my entire library complete with subfolders.  I can no longer find a way to do this.  Am I missing something, or did the transition from Alchemist to Sampler do away with this essential feature?  I'm having to import materials from one folder at a time and I can't find a way to create folders within Sampler to organize the imported materials.  This is such a mess.

Is there a way to import my entire local library into Sampler with the subfolder hierachy intact?  If not, is there a way to create folders within Sampler so I can organize each group of materials once I import them from my local drive?

[Mark S. Johnson]

I'm also noting that loading time for materials in Sampler is incredibly slow.

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

You can use "Your Assets" for organising your materials. I work in that way. If you hover material you will see path where are stored materials. Then you can add any new folder in explorer - and a new "Folder"  It will appear in your Sampler. That way you can keep and organize your materials in Sampler panel. Hope this will help. 

There is a lot difference between Alchemist and Sampler but  I think team will take into account our suggestion in future version. Please post your idea in forum.  

[Mark S. Johnson]

Thanks for your suggestions, Ares.  I thought I was posting my ideas here in the forum.  Is there a separate place where I should be posting comments like this?

[LoryAline]

Hi,
In the root of your Asset panel you should have a hint on how you can link your folders. It should link also your subfolders if any.

You can suggest to CC to add the multiselection (wich would be great indeed) To give your feedback or ideas reach CC team by this link: https://creativecloud.uservoice.com/

For any suggestion for 3D Sampler follow this link : https://feedback.substance3d.adobe.com/forums/911713-substance-3d-sampler

If you have any performance issues with 3D Sampler please tell us by sending a bug :

https://substance3d.adobe.com/documentation/sadoc/report-a-bug-172823735.html

Thank you

[Mark S. Johnson]

Thanks for sharing your advice, LoryAline.  I just posted my ideas to the Sampler suggestion forum.