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3 When you drag the thumbnail over the active viewport and release the
mouse, the merged objects appear attached to the mouse. Place them
where you want them, and then click the mouse. Choose from the menu
whether you want to open the file, merge the file to the current scene,
or XRef the file. To cancel, you can select from the menu, or right-click.
If you hold down the Ctrl key when you drag the thumbnail, the objects
in the file are placed at the world space origin of the current scene.
Interface
When you first start the Asset Browser, a window appears displaying the home
page that is installed locally on your computer system.
NOTE You can't change the home page on page 6936 for the Asset Browser.
Each subsequent time that you start the Asset Browser, it displays what was
displayed last in the previous Asset Browser session.
The Asset Browser window contains:
■ A
menu bar on page 6932 .
■ A toolbar on page 6936 .
■ An address bar on page 6937 .
■ A pane on the left displaying your computer system's directory hierarchy.
■ A pane on the right displaying a Web page, thumbnails, or an Explorer
view of file names.
At the bottom of the window, there is also a tabbed favorites bar on page 6937
(by default, it first contains a Startup button) and a
status bar on page 6935 .
Asset Browser menu bar
Contains the menus for the Asset Browser.
File menu
Contains commands for managing files.
Preferences Displays the
Preferences dialog on page 6948 , with which you
can manage the cache directory and control drag-and-drop operations.
Properties Displays information about the file of the selected thumbnail.
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