Files, Assets, And Texture Conversion

GLB+ And Imported Assets

• Model Vista GLB+ files use the standard .glb extension.
• Model Vista data is stored in the INNOWORKS_configurables root extension.
• Create editor import saves prefab assets under Assets/.
• Generated support assets are placed in Materials, Textures, Thumbnails, and Animations folders below the chosen import destination as required.
• Asset thumbnails can come from ModelVistaAssetThumbnail, configurable thumbnail fields, or option thumbnail fields.

When importing GLB+ content, Extract Images writes compatible embedded PNG and JPEG 2D images as ordinary image files. Keep Unity Assets retains imported textures as .asset files. High-precision, array, WebP/KTX2, ambiguous, or unsupported resources remain .asset files even when image extraction is requested.

Convert Texture Assets

Create provides these Project-window asset commands:

• Assets > INNOWORKS > Texture > Convert to JPG for PNG images and standalone Texture2D .asset files.
• Assets > INNOWORKS > Texture > Convert to PNG for JPG/JPEG images and standalone GLB+ texture .asset files.

The conversion replaces the selected asset and changes its file extension while preserving its GUID and local file ID so normal serialized Unity references remain valid. String paths stored in scripts, JSON, or other text are not rewritten.

Caution

Texture conversion is destructive. Recoverable backups are written under Library/ModelVistaCreate/TextureFormatBackups, but this folder is local project data and should not be treated as source control.

JPG cannot preserve alpha. When an eligible PNG contains alpha, Create asks whether to continue and discards the alpha channel only after confirmation. The JPG command also skips normal maps, linear/data textures, unsupported importer configurations, path collisions, and results that would not reduce file size.

PNG conversion preserves alpha and uses 8-bit output, but the resulting file may be larger than the source JPG or serialized texture asset.