# Preferences

> How to configure Asset Transformer Studio preferences

![Preferences window](/api/media?file=/asset-transformer-studio/2026.5.0/media/STUDIO_Edit_Preferences.jpg)

From the `Preferences` window, you can adjust Asset Transformer Studio settings.

All settings are sorted by categories and subcategories, accessible through tabs and drop-down lists:

| Tab            | Description                                                                                     |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Studio**     | General settings for the application                                                            |
| **Core**       | Core settings for the application                                                               |
| **CAD**        | Settings regarding CAD geometries precision at import                                           |
| **Tessellate** | Settings regarding generated polygon types at tessellation                                      |
| **IO**         | Settings regarding Import and Export                                                            |
| **Dialogs**    | Settings allowing to display again dialog boxes for which `Do not show again` was enabled       |
| **Viewer**     | Lists all settings regarding the viewer: navigation modes, lights, grids, object colors…        |
| **Material**   | Settings defining how textures are exported by default (file extension and quality/compression) |

## Restore defaults button

The default settings from the current tab can be restored to factory settings by clicking the **Restore defaults** button.

## Restore all settings to default

All program settings can be restored to factory settings at once by clicking the **Restore all settings to default** button.

## Import/Export settings

Program settings can be exported and imported as a `.settings` file in order to define preferences from another installation of Asset Transformer Studio.

To share settings with other users, use this folder:

`[Drive]:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\PixyzStudio\presets`