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Settings & Installation

Installation Locations

By default Orynt3D installs using the following paths. The cover images and the cache paths are configurable from within the application, from Settings -> Cover Image Path and Settings -> Cache Path respectively.

Windows

  • Application: C:\Program Files\Orynt3D\ (from exe)
  • User data: %APPDATA%\Orynt3D\User Storage
  • Settings and caches databases: %APPDATA%\Orynt3D\User Storage
  • Manual cover images: %APPDATA%\Orynt3D\User Storage\Covers
  • Thumbnail cache: %APPDATA%\Orynt3D\Cache\User Storage\Cache\orynt3dThumbnails
  • Archive cache: %APPDATA%\Orynt3D\Cache\User Storage\Cache\orynt3dArchive

macOS

  • Application: /Applications/Orynt3D.app
  • User Data: ~/Library/Application Support/Orynt3D/
  • Settings and caches databases: ~/Library/Application Support/Orynt3D/User Storage
  • Manual cover images: ~/Library/Application Support/Orynt3D/User Storage/Covers
  • Thumbnail cache: ~/Library/Application Support/Orynt3D/User Storage/Cache/orynt3dThumbnails
  • Archive cache: ~/Library/Application Support/Orynt3D/User Storage/Cache/orynt3dArchive

Linux

  • Application: /opt/orynt3d/ or /usr/local/bin/orynt3d
  • User Data: ~/.config/orynt3d/
  • Settings and caches databases: ~/.config/orynt3d/User Storage
  • Manual cover images: ~/.config/orynt3d/User Storage/Covers
  • Thumbnail cache: ~/.config/orynt3d/~/.config/orynt3d/User Storage/Cache/orynt3dThumbnails
  • Archive cache: ~/.config/orynt3d/User Storage/Cache/orynt3dArchive

Settings and cache databases

Settings databases use the .db prefix, cache databases use the .cache prefix. These files are JSON, and expect to grow during usage and are compacted at start up.

The caches are clearable from within the application.

Settings

  • stlm-collections.db: created collections.
  • stlm-imports.db: imported sources.
  • stlm-meta.db: current versions of the other databases.
  • stlm-searches.db: saved searches.
  • stlm-settings.db: application settings, including scanned source libraries.

Caches

  • stlm-archivelist.cache: the contents of archives found during scan.
  • stlm-manifest.cache: the contents of orynt3d.config files fonud during scan.
  • stlm-models.cache: the result of scanning and importing sources - this is the main model library.
  • stlm-session.cache: the current state of the application, for restoring next session.

Backup and Migration

You can export your settings from within the application, from Settings -> Export User Data ... , and reimport your settings from Settings -> Restore User Data ... .

You can perform this manually as below.

Manual backup

  1. Close Orynt3D
  2. Copy the entire user data directory
  3. Include both the database and settings files

Manually moving to a New Computer

  1. Install Orynt3D on the new system
  2. Close the application
  3. Replace the user data directory with your backup
  4. Restart Orynt3D