.SBSAR

📌 The .SBSAR data area is focused on the archive file generated by Allegorithmic Substance Designer, a toolkit eligible for creating compound materials for further usage in 3D content, such as video games, special effects, and animations. Precisely, the .SBSAR branch item comprises a particular 3D material, such as glass, wood, metal, iron, slate, steel, marble, glass, carpet, and concrete. In practice, the .SBSAR resources perfectly fit for sharing materials that have been made by proper Substance users or are accessible for direct download with a paid Substance Source subscription.

An .SBSAR file layout can be acknowledged as the published edition of an .SBS pattern. The .SBSAR technological algorithm is properly optimized to only store the data required to render the substance it stores and cannot be adjusted in any way. In order to publish a requested file substance in Substance Designer suite, which is responsible for composing the .SBSAR pattern, follow the specified guideline:

1. Pick the target .SBS file node in the Explorer.
2. Press the “Publish” pictogram or right-click and pick Export option.
3. Specify the archive entitlement.
4. Select the required parameters exposure and compression options.
5. Click on OK button to proceed.

While utilizing the Substance Designer suite, you can easily open the .SBSAR file build-up by picking File -> Open… item in the primary menu area. Furthermore, you can also add existing .SBSAR file arrangements into the Substance Painter bundle by choosing File -> Import resources…, dragging and dropping the .SBSAR data variations into the “Shelf” panel in the Substance Painter suite, or by allocating them within the “materials” directory in the specified folder:

Documents\Substance Painter\shelf\

The materials allocated within the newly appended .SBSAR file interpretations will then be accessible in the “Shelf” panel in the Substance Painter area.

How to open an .SBSAR file?

📌 Usually, the .SBSAR object instances can be revealed and opened by a solid range of toolkits, such as TouchDesigner, CATIA, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya, Unity, Substance Painter, or Substance Designer. Also it should be mentioned that the .SBSAR file extension schema is comprehended and acknowledged by all major desktop operating systems as well as their related forks and distributions.