Substance Painter support multiple command line that can be used when launching the application.

Explicit command lines

You can use them as following : substance painter.exe command_name [option]
You can also use the command --help to get more details.

Command	Description
--help / -? / -h	Display information about which command line are available and how to use them.
--version / -v	Display the current version of Substance Painter.
--mesh <meshPath>	Mesh to load in the project. Example (create a new project with a specific mesh) : "substance painter.exe" --mesh "E:\\MymeshFolder\\MyMesh.obj" Example (update the mesh inside an existing project) : "substance painter.exe" --mesh "E:\\MymeshFolder\\MyMesh.obj" "E:\\ MyMeshFolder \\PainterProject.spp"
--mesh-map	Baked maps associated with the mesh (AO, Normal, Curvature). Can be specified multiple times. Nomenclature : TextureSetName_AdditionalMapSlot Ambient occlusion = *ambient_occlusion* Curvature = *curvature* Normal = *normal_base* World Space Normal = *world_space_normals* Position = *position* Thickness = *thickness* ID = id Example : "substance painter.exe" --mesh "E:\\MyMeshFolder\\MyMesh.obj" --mesh-map "E:\\ MyMeshFolder \\DefaultMaterial_ambient_occlusion.png"
--split-by-udim	Create a texture set per UDIM tile.
--export-path	Default export path where the outputs of the project will be exported.
--vram-budget <amount>	Override the video memory (VRAM) budget defined by Substance Painter engine. "Amount" is in megabytes. Example : --vram-budget 2048

Hidden command lines

The following command is not listed when using the "help" command.

Command	Description
--disable-version-checking	Don't check if a new version of the application is available when starting up