Lesson 4.3

Question 1

External Data, like teture Images and other resourcesm can be stored inside the blend-file (packed) or as seperate files (unpacked), Blender keeps track of all unpacked resources via a relative or absolute path

Answer 1

External Data

Question 2

Pack all currently used eternal files into the blend-file and automatically pack any files that are added alter, Unchecking this option will only stop the automatic packing for new files; it won’t unpack existing ones

Answer 2

Automatically Pack Resources

Question 3

Pack alll currently used external files into the blend-file, after running the operator and saving the blend-file, the external files will no longer be used - any changes in them will no longer be reflected in the blend-file, and you are free to move or delete them

Answer 3

Pack Resources

Question 4

Export previously packed files back to external ones, You can choose wheter to reuse existing files or overwite them

Answer 4

Unpack Resources

Question 5

Pack data-blocks that are linked from an external blend-file into the current one

Answer 5

Pack Limited Libraries

Question 6

Export previously packed data-blocks back to external blend-files, existing blend-fiels are overwitten

Answer 6

Unpack Linked Libraries

Question 7

Make akk paths to external files relative to the current blend-file

Answer 7

Make Paths Relative

Question 8

Make all paths to external fiels absolute (= full path fro the system’s root)

Answer 8

Make Paths Absolute

Question 9

This option is useful to check if ther are links to unpacked files that no longer exist, after selecting this option, a warning message will appear in the info editor’s header; If no warning is shown, there are no missing external files

Answer 9

Report Missing Files

Question 10

In case you have broken links in a blend-file, this can help you to fix the problem; A file browser will show up; Select the desired directory (or a file within that directory), and a search will be preformed in it, recursively in all contained directories; Every missing file found in the search will be recovered; Those recoveries will be done as absolute pathes, so if you want to have realive paths you will need to select Make Paths Relative

Answer 10

Find Missing Files