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title: "Coming from Litematica - BuildPrint wiki"
description: "Your files keep working, your placements can be brought over, and what is different."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/from-litematica
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[BuildPrint](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki)Coming from Litematica

# Coming from Litematica

Your files keep working, your placements can be brought over, and what is different.

## Your files

BuildPrint opens `.litematic` files directly and saves in the same format. Both mods read the same `schematics/` folder, so your files are there when you open the Local tab. They are not changed.

## Your placements

On first launch BuildPrint looks for Litematica placements and offers to bring them over, so your builds show up where you left them when you join each world. You can also do this later with [**Import from Litematica**](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/settings#setting-import-from-litematica) in the settings.

Schematica does not keep placements per world, so there is nothing to bring over. Its `.schematic` files open like any other file.

## Where to find what

| In Litematica        | In BuildPrint                             |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Load schematics      | M, the **Local** tab                      |
| Schematic placements | M, the **Loaded** tab                     |
| Material list        | **Materials** on a loaded build           |
| Render layers        | **Layers** on a loaded build, and . and , |
| Easy place mode      | N                                         |
| Area selection       | The editor, B                             |
| Schematic verifier   | The status colors, always on              |

## What BuildPrint does not have

* Pasting and filling in creative.
* Schematic projects, the saved versions of a build.

The full comparison, with frame rates, is on the [BuildPrint page](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint#compare).

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