diff --git a/Custom-Models.md b/Custom-Models.md index 408aaae..a52fb19 100644 --- a/Custom-Models.md +++ b/Custom-Models.md @@ -23,6 +23,25 @@ extra: For e.g. please see the end of this file for reference: https://github.com/easydiffusion/sdkit/blob/main/sdkit/models/models_db/configs/v2.1-inference-v.yaml#L69 +## Sharing model files with other UIs on your PC +If you use multiple Stable Diffusion UIs, you can save disk space by keeping a common copy of the model files. You can create a linked folder to share the models folder between the different Stable Diffusion software. + +In the steps below, please change `C:\EasyDiffusion` to the path where you've installed Easy Diffusion on your PC. + +On Windows: +1. Press Win+R, then type `cmd` and press Enter. +2. Delete the `C:\EasyDiffusion\models\stable-diffusion` folder. +3. Then type and run: `mklink /j "C:\EasyDiffusion\models\stable-diffusion" "D:\CommonStableDiffusion\models\Stable-diffusion"` + +Please set the second parameter to the actual folder in your PC, which contains the stable diffusion model files. + +On Linux/Mac: +1. Open the terminal. +2. Delete the `/path/to/easy-diffusion/models/stable-diffusion` folder. +3. Then type and run: `ln -s "/path/to/common/models/Stable-diffusion" "/path/to/easy-diffusion/models/stable-diffusion"` + +Please set the first parameter to the actual folder in your PC, which contains the stable diffusion model files. + ## Web resources **Note:** These links lead to websites outside of the Stable Diffusion UI project.