User Settings

The User Settings are specific to every Windows user account.

So every artist has it’s own user settings, which won’t affect any other artists.

The user settings are stored in this file: %userprofile%\Documents\Prism2\Prism.json

The location of the user pref folder can be changed using the PRISM_USER_PREFS environment variable.

On the left side you can see a list of categories, which will be displayed on the right side when selected.

DCC Apps

Here you can add and remove the Prism integration for the different DCC versions on your computer.

In this category you can also find additional DCC specific settings.

Check the documentation pages of the DCC plugins for more information.

Environment

Here you can specify environment variables, which will be set every time Prism launches on your computer.

These environment variables can be used by other tools in your pipeline.

Note

There are some environment variables in Houdini, Maya and other DCCs, which allow to specify additional plugin paths.

These env vars need to be set when before the DCC gets initialized and won’t have an effect when specified in the Prism User Settings.

To start a DCC with these environment variables, please use the Prism Launcher.

General

Here you can find some information about your current Prism version and your username.

If you have the Hub plugin loaded you can open the Prism Hub from here.

If the PrismInternals plugin is loaded you can login and logout from your Prism account, as well has checking your license usage.

Miscellaneous

Here you can find various settings like the stylesheet, debug mode, external media player and more.

Plugins

In this category you can see a list of all loaded and unloaded plugins.

You can load, reload and unload any plugins. Using the buttons at the top right you can create new plugins and modify search paths for plugins.

You can hover over a plugin in the list to see the full filepath where the plugin is located.

Projects

Here you can see details about your active project and also open the “Manage Projects…” window where you can change your active project.

Additional Categories

Additional categories can be added to the user settings from plugins like USD or Project Management.

For an example how to add new categories using a custom plugin, see this example.