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title: "Loading schematics - BuildPrint wiki"
description: "The Local tab, the file formats BuildPrint opens and the other ways to load a file."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/loading-schematics
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[BuildPrint](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki)Loading schematics

# Loading schematics

The Local tab, the file formats BuildPrint opens and the other ways to load a file.

[![The Local tab with a list of files and a 3D preview](https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/menu-local.webp)](https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/menu-local.webp)

## File formats

| Format                                 | Extension  | Open | Save |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---- | ---- |
| Litematica                             | .litematic | Yes  | Yes  |
| Sponge schematic (versions 1, 2 and 3) | .schem     | Yes  | No   |
| Classic schematic                      | .schematic | Yes  | No   |
| Vanilla structure                      | .nbt       | Yes  | No   |
| Axiom blueprint                        | .bp        | Yes  | No   |

Whatever you open, BuildPrint saves as `.litematic`. It has no file format of its own.

## The Local tab

* Shows the `schematics/` folder in your Minecraft folder, with its subfolders. Each folder shows how many schematics are in it.
* **Search** looks through all subfolders by name.
* **Recent** lists the files you opened last. The star adds a file to your favorites.
* Files you add or remove on disk show up in the list right away.
* Select a file to see its size, block count, author and a 3D preview. Drag to turn the preview, scroll to zoom, shift-drag to move it.
* **Delete** removes the file from disk. Click it twice to confirm.

## Other ways to load

* **Open File...** opens the file picker of your system, for a file outside the schematics folder.
* Drop a file onto the game window. It loads into the world directly.
* Click **Place** on a build in the [Marketplace](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/marketplace).
* Join a [session](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/build-together). The builds in it load for you.

## Several builds at once

You can load as many builds as you like. Each has its own position, layer view and material list, and can be hidden with the eye in the Loaded tab.

## Remembered per world

Loaded builds are saved per world and per server, and come back when you join again. On a server this is kept per address and dimension. Two single-player worlds with the same name are kept apart. See [Servers](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/servers) for servers with several worlds behind one address.

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