Project Name vs UUID

Each project has an Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) that will be unique no matter where, when, or how the project was created. This contrasts with its name, which is not guaranteed to be unique. Some tools will require the project UUID in order to ensure that the correct project is used or modified.

Finding a project UUID

Using the Project Management window's UUID column

Display the UUID column in the Project Management window's List view.

1. Select the List View display mode.
2. Open the table's context menu by clicking on the table's header row.
3. Select UUID.

Using the UUID file in a project structure

A hidden file is located in the root of the project structure.

To fetch its value, in a terminal, run: readlink /var/opt/Autodesk/flame/projects/<project name>/.uuid

Using sw_listProjects

Use the sw_listProjects command line tool to list projects on a given host.

In a terminal, run: /opt/Autodesk/sw/tools/sw_listProjects | /usr/bin/grep <project name> | /usr/bin/cut -f 1 -d: