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# Strand Presets

Strand presets is a great way to store your strand settings in a local file. The presets can be applied in a different scene. It can save a lot of time from project to projects.

The preset button is located in the Strand Editor at the top.

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## Saving Presets

* Simply select a strand, and Click on Save Preset. Only one strand can be saved at a time. If you have multiple strands selected, only the first one will be saved.

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## Applying Preset

* With strand geometry/curve selected (you can have multiple strands selected), and click on a user preset to apply the settings.

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## Resetting To Default

You can reset the entire strand back to default settings as its first created.&#x20;

{% hint style="warning" %}
Using reset to default will reset the normal orientation back to their initial states, and could have the tube/card strands facing undesired direction.&#x20;
{% endhint %}

## Deleting Presets

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{% hint style="danger" %}
Deleting a preset is NOT undo-able and can result in errors if you try to at the moment.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
If you need to switch Maya version you can grab the preset file directly from:

user\Documents\maya\\\<Maya Version>\presets\xgtc\_presets\xgtCardBuilderPreset.json
{% endhint %}