Asset Editor publish default visibility versus ShotGrid project scope: balancing control and collaboration

Maya's Asset Editor publish dialog includes a visibility control that determines how published assets appear in ShotGrid, yet the pre-selected default value is not documented in Autodesk's official guides. This ambiguity affects studio pipelines that rely on consistent asset exposure policies across Maya 2024, 2025, and 2026 releases. The local Asset Editor maintains per-asset settings, while the cloud ShotGrid server applies project-level visibility templates; the interaction between these two layers is not explicitly defined, creating a risk that assets may be published with broader access than intended. Studios must verify whether the dialog defaults to Private or Public, and how ShotGrid permission overrides modify the effective visibility.

• What is the pre-selected visibility option in the Maya Asset Editor Publish dialog across supported Maya versions?
• How do ShotGrid project visibility templates override or inherit Maya's default setting?
• Does the undocumented default vary by studio configuration or Autodesk tenant settings?