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Hardware and storage
- Use an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later.
- Below 24 GB, use import, viewing, editing, Part, inspection, workflows, and export. Sculpt geometry requires at least 24 GB plus a verified shape pack.
- RGB generation remains unavailable until its exact ≥48 GB path is certified. PBR has a separate ≥64 GB certification gate.
- Keep at least the exact pack size plus free-disk headroom before starting a download.
- Storage relocation copies and verifies the managed store before switching; the prior location is retained for rollback.
- Review the Hugging Face source, Tencent Hunyuan 3D Community License, and territory restrictions before consenting.
Downloads and consent
Downloads are optional and start only after explicit consent. Pause, resume, cancel, and verified .part recovery are available; a partial pack is never treated as ready. Revoking consent blocks new downloads but leaves installed packs in place until you choose Purge in Model Manager. The rest of the studio continues without consent.
Local assistant and automation
Ollama, LM Studio, and generic OpenAI-compatible profiles must use literal loopback. If discovery says Disconnected, start your chosen provider and confirm its configured port. The Silo automation API is separate, bearer-authenticated, and disabled by default; rotate its token in Settings if it may have been exposed.
Mesh recovery
If inspection reports a non-manifold flat-base result, undo the edit or turn off Create flat base and generate again. The app never silently squashes vertices during export. Use Home / Reframe if an artifact is outside the viewport, then use the standard save panel for 3MF, GLB, OBJ, STL, PLY, or USDZ. STL is geometry-only.