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Default paths can be configured using variables similarly as on Windows, but for added
convenience it is possible to enter any desired path defaults directly into fields in the dialog,
without the need for using environment variables.
Configuring Paths on Windows
When using Fusion Connect on Windows, the Configure Path Defaults dialog looks like this:
Environment variable path maps on Windows.
Fusion Connect can define the user variables directly in the Fusion Connect plug-in. Click the
Configure Path Defaults button to launch the path defaults dialog editor. In the Options section
of the Fusion Connect AVX2 plug-in, click the triangle to reveal the path details.
Fields and Variables
Variables are the control title defined specifically by the application that is being controlled,
while values are the instructions that tell a variable what to do. The fields and variables that can
be used on macOS and Windows are described in the following table:
Field Variable Environment Variable Description
Project Name
$PROJECT CONNECT_PROJECT
Overrides the current
Avid Project name.
$DRIVE CONNECT_DRIVE
Drive or folder for all
Connect projects
$SEQUENCE Name of Avid sequence
Sequence Path
$SEQPATH CONNECT_SEQUENCE_PATH
Folder for all Connect
files in this sequence
$GROUP
Unique name of this
Connect instance
$CLIP Name of exported clip
Clip Path CONNECT_CLIP_PATH
Folder for exported clips
from Avid
Out Path CONNECT_OUT_PATH
Folder for rendered
results from Fusion
Comp Path CONNECT_COMP_PATH
Location and name of
Fusion comp file
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