Version 1.2x introduced decoupled pipeline, this is new way to import SDF sprites.

SDFAsset is a file with extension *.sdfasset handled by custom importer.

It can be created in context menu.

Or in Texture Importer with button

Sample files

• fencing.png - source texture, it does not have Generate SDF checkbox
• fencing_SDF.sdfasset - SDFAsset that referencing fencing.png, all sdf contents is generated inside of it

SDFAsset

SDFAsset is product of SDFAssetImporter.cs, it works almost the same as sdf importer for regular pipeline, it generates same sub-assets but using different host/main object.

• Texture field - this is texture that sdf is generated from, texture should be in Sprite mode. Any re-import of the texture will re-import SDFAsset as well, so once you setup the reference you don’t need to worry about manually updating SDFAsset.
• SDF Import settings - this is the same settings that regular texture has, its covered in SDF Import Settings

How to find which SDFAsset using Texture?

Since SDFAsset can be anywhere in the project and still reference texture its useful to know which asset using particular texture.

<aside> 💡 Switch Inspector to debug mode in order to see SDFAsset itself

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