File environment

The following tables indicate the default directory paths for various data types in Mudbox, where <version> indicates your version of Mudbox (for example, 2013). Many of these directory paths can be changed to suit your requirements.

Windows file environment

File Type: File location (Windows)

User preferences

<drive>:\My Documents\Mudbox\<version>\settings

Curves

Effects

Meshes

Stamps

Stencils

Presets

Logs

Temp

Textures

Trays

Separate directories for each file type located in:

<drive>:\My Documents\Mudbox\<version>\data

Mudbox files (.mud)

<drive>:\My Documents\Mudbox\<version>\data

Extracted texture maps

<drive>:\My Documents\Mudbox\<version>\data

Mudbox Plug-ins

<drive>:\Program Files\Autodesk\Mudbox<version>\plugins

Note: You can specify additional search paths for plug-ins using an environment variable. For more information, see MUDBOX_PLUG_IN_PATH .

Mac OS X file environment

File Type: File location (Mac OS X)

User preferences

/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Mudbox/<version>/settings

Curves

Effects

Meshes

Stamps

Stencils

Presets

Logs

Temp

Textures

Trays

Separate directories for each file type located in:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Mudbox <version>

Mudbox files (.mud)

/Users/<username>/Documents/Mudbox <version>

Extracted texture maps

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Mudbox <version>

Mudbox Plug-ins

The following plug-in locations are valid and searched when Mudbox is launched:

/Applications/Autodesk/Mudbox<version>/Mudbox.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Mudbox<version>/Plugins

Linux file environment

File Type: File location (Linux)

User preferences

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/settings

Stamps, Stencils, Presets, Logs, Temp

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data

Curves, Meshes, Effects

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data

Trays

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data/Trays

Textures

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data/Textures

Mudbox files (.mud)

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data

Extracted ambient occlusion maps

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data

Extracted normal and displacement maps

/home/<username>/Mudbox/<version>/data

Mudbox Plug-ins

/usr/autodesk/mudbox<version>/bin/plugins