Member Marci Posted January 7, 2019 Member Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Hi, I wasted some time searching the interwebs on how to change the startup layout. I always have to go to Windows -> Restore Workspace. Can someone guide me into the right direction on how to change the default window setup/layout? Thank you and keep rocking* *random Pyrit done in 3D Coat just to make this thread more entertaining... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Hi Hope this help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Marci Posted January 7, 2019 Author Member Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 For anyone else who probably doesn't want to fully understand the difference between Theme, Layout, Workspace or wasting time reading through an old thread: If you want to persistently keep your custom window layout, after arranging everything to your liking go into Edit -> Preferences -> Theme and click the button Save Theme (bottom of the screen). Edit: Worked for 15 min, now it's reverted to the default layout (I'm using 3ds Max AppLink Plugin). Any ideas, @Carlosan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Possibly 3D-Coat can't save this file because of some limited permissions of access. Try to run 3D-Coat as Administrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Marci Posted January 8, 2019 Author Member Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks for helping out. To be honest, the behaviour is very inconsistent. When I start as Administrator it will load all Settings from Program directory (C:/...) whereas when I start it normally it will fall back to the users Documents folder...just guessing that might be the reason why it doesn't properly load the Presets. I put my theme file into the Optionpresets folder in both directories but it still reset's to the default layout. Are you sure the window layout is part of the Theme Preset??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Marci Posted January 8, 2019 Author Member Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I might add this confusing error message that might be interesting for developers but I'm just an average Joe so please don't give me problems but solutions When I started in Admin mode and click 'load theme' it will default to the installation directory (C:/...) whereas the warning message clearly states that this path should be avoided due to permission issues...i don't get it. Why not defaulting to the User directory instead (even in Admin mode?) when trying to load custom presets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hi Send any support-related questions to Andrew Shpagin at support@3dcoat.com Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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