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Substance 3D Modeler

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  1. Substance 3D home
  2. Home
  3. Getting started
    1. Install Substance 3D Modeler
    2. System requirements
    3. Public Beta
    4. Supported VR headsets
    5. Desktop and virtual reality
    6. Quick start guides
      1. Desktop quick start guide
      2. VR quick start guide
    7. Controls
      1. Desktop shortcuts and controls
      2. VR shortcuts and controls
    8. Reference images
    9. Join the Community
    10. Glossary
    11. FAQs
  4. Interface
    1. Interface overview
    2. Viewport
    3. The Palette
    4. Actions menu
    5. The Top bar
      1. Top bar overview
      2. Color picker
      3. Materials panel
      4. Assets panel
      5. Environment panel
      6. Viewport panel
      7. Outliner
      8. Node properties panel
    6. The Bottom bar
    7. Preferences
  5. Create with Clay
    1. Tools
      1. Tools and Subtools
      2. Select tool
      3. Clay tool
      4. Erase tool
      5. Split tool
      6. Crop tool
      7. Warp tool
      8. Elastic tool
      9. Smooth tool
      10. Raise tool
      11. Buildup tool
      12. Inflate tool
      13. Crease tool
      14. Flatten tool
      15. Paint tool
    2. Brushes
    3. Brush shapes
    4. Placement modes
    5. Angle and grid snap
  6. Create with Primitives
    1. Get started with primitives
    2. Primitive parameters
      1. Parameter overview
      2. Shape parameters
      3. Combine parameters
    3. Organize primitives
      1. Primitive containers
      2. Manage primitive order
      3. Primitive groups
      4. Repetition
  7. Organize your scene
    1. Scope and scene structure
    2. Layers
    3. Groups
    4. Advanced scene assembly
      1. Instances
      2. Symmetry and repetition
      3. Booleans
    5. Import meshes
  8. Render mode
    1. Render mode overview
    2. Work with cameras
  9. Export Mode
    1. Export your creations
    2. Export presets
  10. Technical support
    1. Technical requirements
    2. How does Modeler work?
    3. Performance
    4. Troubleshooting
    5. Supported file formats
  11. Release notes
    1. V1.17(Current Release)
    2. V1.15
    3. V1.14
    4. V1.13
    5. Public Beta V1.17.50 (Current Release)
    6. Public Beta Archive
      1. Public Beta V1.16.50
      2. Public Beta V1.15.50
      3. Public Beta V1.14.50
      4. Public Beta V1.12.50
      5. Public Beta V1.11.50
      6. Public Beta V1.10.50
      7. Public Beta V1.9.50
      8. Public Beta V1.8.50
    7. V1 Archive
      1. V1.12
      2. V1.11
      3. V1.10
      4. V1.9
      5. V1.8
      6. V1.7
      7. V1.6    
      8. V1.5
      9. V1.4
      10. V1.3
      11. V1.2
      12. V1.1 
      13. V1.0 
    8. V0 Archive
      1. 2022/08/02 V0.17.0
      2. 2022/06/22 V0.14.1
      3. 2022/05/13 V0.10.2

Thanks to collaboration between the Modeler development team and Adobe Research teams, there are many new features that we’d like to integrate into Modeler. Often, these features require more iteration and testing, so we have restarted the Free Public Beta program for Modeler.

The Beta program gives you the chance to try out new functionality, features, and tools before they reach the retail version. These features are often in active development, so your feedback and suggestions help guide how they will ship in the retail version of Modeler. We cannot guarantee the stability of Beta versions of Modeler or their save files, and therefore do not recommend using the Public Beta for actual production work. 

Access to the Public Beta is free and only requires an Adobe account. You do not need a license to any other Adobe apps to use the beta.

Note:

You can see the release notes for the current version of the Public Beta here.

Join the Free Public Beta

To get access to the Beta, you first need to download and install Adobe Creative Cloud. 

  1. Open Creative Cloud and sign in with your Adobe account. 

  2. Open the Apps tab. 

  3. In the top bar of the Apps tab, select Beta.

  4. Click Install next to Substance 3D Modeler (Beta).

  5. Once Installed, you can open the Modeler Beta from the Beta section of the Apps tab. If you have the retail version of Modeler installed, it will stay separate from the beta installation. While save files from the beta version of the app may load in the retail version of Modeler, this is not guaranteed, so it is recommended to keep files saved in the Beta in a separate folder from those saved in the Retail version of Modeler. 

  6. Please join the Substance Discord server and give us feedback on the #modeler-beta channel: https://discord.gg/789MKGgY 

Join the Public Beta through Steam

The Public Beta is also available through Steam if you already own Modeler on Steam.

Note:

It is not possible to access the Public Beta through Steam without having previously purchased Modeler. This is because Modeler needs to exist in your Steam library so that you can access the Betas menu.

  1. Navigate to your Steam library.

  2. Find Modeler in your library. You may need to toggle the library filter to show Software.

  3. Right click Modeler, and select properties.

  4. In the Properties window, navigate to Betas in the left panel.

  5. Use the Beta Participation dropdown to opt-in to the Modeler Public Beta.

  6. Steam will automatically update the downloaded version of Modeler to the Beta version. To return to the non-Beta version of Modeler, follow the instructions above and set Beta Participation to none.

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