{"id":8249,"date":"2024-05-11T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=8249"},"modified":"2024-05-24T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:47:04","slug":"custom-documents-folder","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/manual\/getting-started\/folders-structure\/custom-documents-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom documents folder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-table-of-contents is-style-default\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-table-of-contents__list\"><li><a href=\"#ga8dc5a8d0637\">On Windows<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#g8a7ee0c0f805\">On Linux<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ga8dc5a8d0637\">On Windows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You should define environment variable &#8220;COAT_FILES_PATH&#8221; with full path to your custom documents folder.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By default &#8220;3DCoat&#8221; stores user files inside folder &#8220;This PC &gt; Documents &gt; 3D-CoatV48&#8221; under Windows and inside folder &#8220;HOME &gt; 3D-CoatV48&#8221; under Linux\/macOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can define environment variable &#8220;COAT_FILES_PATH&#8221; with full path to your custom documents folder. 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