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Exports
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.. important::
  Here we will talk about how to export an asset, please read the :ref:`Prepare your exports` section before creating an export.

Export your assets in order to reference them in other scenes or softwares.
There is different ways to create exports :

  - :ref:`Export within the softwares`
  - :ref:`Export with batch mode`
  - :ref:`Manually create an export`

.. _Export within the softwares:

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Export within the softwares
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When you launch a software with wizard ( See :ref:`Launch a work version` ), a wizard menu appears in the menu bar of the software.

To create an export, click on |export| Export data.

.. image:: _images/export_and_comment.gif
  :width: 1200
  :alt: Alternative text

.. |export| image:: _images/export.png
  :width: 30
  :alt: Alternative text

Here are the menus in softwares :

.. tab:: Maya

  .. image:: _images/maya_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text

.. tab:: Blender

  .. image:: _images/blender_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text

.. tab:: Guerilla Render

  .. image:: _images/guerilla_render_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text

.. tab:: Substance Painter

  .. image:: _images/substance_painter_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text  

.. tab:: Houdini

  .. image:: _images/houdini_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text

.. tab:: Nuke

  .. image:: _images/nuke_wizard_menu.jpg
    :width: 1200
    :alt: Alternative text

.. _Export with batch mode:

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Export with batch mode
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.. important::
  To export an asset in batch mode, you will need to setup the batch executables in the project preferences, go to the :ref:`The batch executables` section.

Go to the work versions tabs.

.. image:: _images/work_versions_tab.jpg
  :width: 1200
  :alt: Alternative text

Then choose a work version to export and click on the |export_button| button or Right click > Batch export version.

.. |export_button| image:: _images/export_button.png
  :width: 30
  :alt: Alternative text

.. note::
  This will launch a wizard subtask, go to the :ref:`Subtasks` section to know more about wizard subtasks.

.. image:: _images/batch_export.gif
  :width: 1200
  :alt: Alternative text

.. _Manually create an export:

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Manually create an export
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You can manually merge a file as a new export, go to the exports tab.

.. image:: _images/exports_tab.jpg
  :width: 1200
  :alt: Alternative text

Then click on the |merge_export_button| button, drag and drop a file or Right click > Manually add a file.

.. |merge_export_button| image:: _images/merge_work_version.png
  :width: 30
  :alt: Alternative text

.. note::
  When you merge a file, wizard will ask you for an export name, you are free to enter what you want, for example, if you already have exported a 'LOD1', you can enter LOD1 and wizard will merge with the others LOD1 versions.

.. image:: _images/manually_merge_export.gif
  :width: 1200
  :alt: Alternative text