Question How to prevent Unity from importing certain files (e.g. .blend, .psd)?

Unity seems to import whatever I put into Assets. But for certain files, for example .blend from Blender, I'd rather not import them because I'll only use the exported format (.fbx) in Unity. Is it possible to just tell Unity to not import them? Or is it better to put them outside of Assets?

 

I don't think there's a general way to do this.

You could do this, but then you have to maintain some mental linkage between

foo.blend

and

foo.fbx

in completely different locations so that you can make changes and know that you're exporting it properly, and it's one more way to screw things up and requires MILLIONS of clicks to maneuver folders. It's a complete and total nightmare mess.

The best thing is to just directly use the Blender file.

The next-best thing is to put BOTH files in there.

But then you will have two things in Unity called

foo

and you will be sad when you use the .blend instead of the .fbx.

The best thing I've found is to name the files differently and put them both in your project under Assets. I also use a new folder for every Blender file, or at least all related files of a type (such as all trees, or all rocks).

This is the pattern I use:

foo_blender.blend     (or simply foo_blend.blend, up to you)

foo.fbx

That way you see

foo_blend

and

foo

as possible models in the project.

 

name your blend files starting with a "." or a "~" and export without it. it might be the way I'll go.

Or this hack, rename .blend to .blender https://hextantstudios.com/unity-avoid-automatic-import/