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# Ecosystems

## Overview

The Ecosystems rollout provides complete control over ecosystem management.

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**Name** - Specifies the name of the ecosystem.\
**Preview** - Controls whether the ecosystem should be previewed in the viewport.\
**Render** - Controls whether the ecosystem should be present in the render.

## Buttons Strip

<img src="/files/-MVRno_taQvagQtI-ENu" alt="" data-size="original">**Add Ecosystem** - Adds a new ecosystem.\ <img src="/files/-MVRnw_hwR892wvOXBi8" alt="" data-size="original">**Delete Ecosystem** - Deletes the selected ecosystem.\ <img src="/files/-MVRo4imeaX-2Fp62HTw" alt="" data-size="original">**Duplicate Ecosystem** - Duplicates the selected ecosystem.\ <img src="/files/-MVRoG1nyTi9gEyDit54" alt="" data-size="original">**Bake Ecosystem** - Bakes the selected ecosystem to the document.\ <img src="/files/-MVRoqlpexv9psvvUhPC" alt="" data-size="original">**Ecosystem Statistics** - Shows the selected ecosystem population metrics.

<img src="/files/-MVRox5GXArjS-O1b10N" alt="" data-size="original">**Open Preset** - Opens the selected preset file.\ <img src="/files/-MVRozgnQhDDtQK2n1Nc" alt="" data-size="original">**Save Preset** - Saves the selected ecosystems to a preset file.\ <img src="/files/-MVRp2Urlw5LO7vEKcWw" alt="" data-size="original">**Library Browser** - Opens the [Library Browser](/manual/library-browser.md) window.

## Ecosystem Properties

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**Global Seed** - Specifies the seed value used for distribution evaluation. Changing this value allows creating different variations of the selected ecosystem.