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# Simulate local path

While preparing the “package” 3D project, almost all the assets/setting paths can be used with relative paths, but in some cases, it requires you to use an **absolute path**. For example, projects with Anima plugin; Substance assets; some type of alembic cache in Maya; Corona 4k cache in Cinema 4D; etc. Which are required to use absolute paths?

SuperRenders farm provides a feature named **Simulate Local Path **which helps you simulate the absolute paths and solves the issue when rendering on a cloud render farm.

A specific example is your 3DS Max project named “my_project_test”, you placed all of my assets into the folder named “my_project_test” but Corona 4K Cache required an absolute path to “D:\projects\mybuilding\my_project_test\my_uhd.4k”. In this case, to make rendering successful on SuperRenders farm, you have to simulate this absolute path on the farm. 

### How to simulate an absolute path on the farm?

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To simulate an absolute path is to create the corresponding folder on the farm, then upload files/folders into the folder. There are 2 ways to upload files/folders with the absolute path to SuperRenders Farm

###### Method # 1. Upload absolute path to SuperRenders Farm with SuperRenders Client App:

– After installing SuperRenders Client App, please log in to your account

– Go to the SRF Spaces tab and Click the Upload button (refer to image below)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/55abd9b6add76000/image_2pm0jh.png)
– Make sure you check the “Auto keep local path” checkbox

– Select Add Files / Add Folders to open files/folders selection windows to upload

– Then your files/folders will be uploaded to the farm with the exactly absolute path on your computer.

###### Method # 2. Upload the absolute path to SuperRenders Farm via the Website:

**For example: **in this tutorial, you wanna upload the absolute path folder “D:\projects\mybuilding\my_project_test” on your computer to the render farm.

– Go to the SRF Spaces page, then click on the “Create Folder” button (refer to image below)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/55abd9b6add76000/image_1xcjj66.png)
 – Enter your local directory which you wanna create an absolute path on our farm. For example in this tutorial named “D:\projects\mybuilding”

– After that, go to D:\projects\mybuilding folder in SRF Spaces (refer to the image below)


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/55abd9b6add76000/image_6uj8sd.png)
 – Click the Upload button, then upload your files / sub-folders on that. In this tutorial, you drag and drop “my_project_test” from your computer to the render farm. 

– Then your files/folders will be uploaded to the farm under the path you’ve just created. In this tutorial is the “D:\projects\mybuilding\my_project_test” folder. (refer to the image below)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/55abd9b6add76000/image_1j9avod.png)

_Limitations: _
_* Simulate Local Path feature support simulates Windows path only. _
_* The absolute path under the C hard drive (Windows installation hard drive) is not supported._