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    File Referencing Tips

    Topics in this section
    • Managing files for file referencing
    • File hierarchy assembly
    • File reference locator
    • Instancing file references
    • File referencing and shading
    • Shared display layers
    • File referencing helper scripts
    • File referencing and namespaces
    • Unknown reference nodes
    • File referencing environment variables
    Parent topic: File Referencing

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