Questions tagged [append]
Questions relating to appending assets from one .blend file to another .blend file.
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How to join two vse video edit projects?
I have a second part for my video editing project in the VSE that I have edited separately. I would like to append it to the main part, so that I could combine the strips, cuts and so on. How can I do ...
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Can't manipulate linked or appended objects that were made with 2.79 inside 2.8
I'm using Blender 2.8 and my friend works in 2.79. Whenever I append or link his files there is something like a locked logo front of those objects and I can't manipulate these. What could be the ...
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Material libraries in Blender 2.8 for Eevee
Helo everyone! Is there any way to make or create a material library in the last version of blender (2.8)?
I just figurate out how to append the materials into a new file but would b super cool if I ...
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Append options not available
I recently downloaded material files for some projects. Now, normally when appending, a series of folders should appear for you to select certain assets right? Well those folders don't appear for ...
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Object dimentions modified when append
I am trying to draw house plans with Blender 2.79.
In order to make a new "clean" file, I append objects from the file made with my previous tentatives.
Before to append to the new file, still ...
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Using append to bring a rigged character from one .blend file into another
What is the best way to bring your rigged character into another .blend file using append? Do you have to select both the object and mesh or rig? I tried selecting the object only (the name of my file)...
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Blender 2.8: Join doesn't work
In Blender 2.8 I tried to join several objects together using CTRL + J: function doesn't work and can't find it elsewhere. I want to join into 1 object so that I can append that file to a new one and ...
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How do I append an object from a python script in Blender2.8?
I'd like to Append an object using a python script, and do it in Blender2.8. I have found some code snippets to do this on 2.7x but having trouble on 2.8.
Below is what I tried. I get this error ...
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When I append in the new Black Plasma Studios Rig, Blender crashes
When I append The Black Plasma Studios Rig for a Minecraft animation, the scene crashes.
I'm on windows 10 and my blender version is 2.78a
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH A VIDEO OF ME APPENDING ...
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How do resave a lib file with a more current version of blender
I am trying to append an old .blend file to my tire, I keep getting an error message saying
Linking or appending from a very old .blend file format (247.0). no
animation conversion will be done! ...
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Material only applies to some of the Mesh
Finished 60% of my character, I made the head separately from the body, I used "append" option to bring the head into the body scene and then merge it.
For some reason, even after connecting the ...
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Model loses texture when appended?
I am trying to learn how to animate, and is currently working on a "casino themed video". However I am in general strugling a lot with colors & texture. Espeically understanding how it works with ...
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Problem Appending Armature Animation
So I am animating different exercises for multiple characters and my workflow is to append the armature into the mesh, weight it, then also append the action that I had previously animated resulting ...
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Blender link external scene in the existing scene
I have a wery complex scene with lots of objects, and I have to fragment my file in smaller parts to be able to work
I have basic file in whitch I shoud import the other files as objects, or as ...
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Can I bake linked object via proxy?
So I was wondering if I can link a my character rig group and proxy it, how do I go about baking it? Or will I have to append it and then I will be able to bake it?
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Append scaling issues. When I append an object it's smaller than the original
I noticed that when I append an object from one blend file to another, the appended object is smaller than the original. I have an object measuring about 9.3 cm and when I append it to another blend ...
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Why can`t Blender move appended objects normally?
Every group of objects I append from another project can't be moved in a normal way. It CAN move normally only on X axis but if I want Y or Z, every object goes it's own way, moving away from each ...
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Blender 2.79b Crash: A single object causes the crash, no fix
I am working on a vfx creature for a movie, and I've run into a very specific issue. I haven't found anything on any forum that helps fix this issue.
I modeled and rigged a topology version of a ...
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How to imitate Ambient Occlusion in Cycles?
I created an object with some basic shading and Ambient Occlusion switched on and thus getting the right look. Now that I need to paste it in my main project (through Append) I need the same effect ...
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How to make a Text File dependent of an Armature object so that it appends with it to other projects?
If you ever used BlenRig, you may have noticed that it pops up a text file in your text editor called "generate_customprops.py". This is a python script that the rig uses for various purposes such as ...
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Update an imported FBX file [duplicate]
In Blender there is the fabulous option to link or append objects across multiple .blend files. We're a small team and are working with Blender AND Maya. Is there any option to "link" objects from ...
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How to change the position of a Linked Object?
I've made multiple blendfiles with objects, curves and materials. Now I want to place these 'element'-blendfiles in one 'parent'-blendfile; building one scene to render. Because I am going to build ...
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Drag and Drop Alternative [duplicate]
How can I disable blender from restarting a scene when dropping a blender model onto it? I'm looking for a way to merge models into existing scenes without using the awkward append option.
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I can't append node groups
For some reason the node groups i try to append do not show up. what am i doing wrong? I linked a short clip of the group im trying to append and my problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Blender how batch import all the objects from my old .blend projects into a new 'Library" project?
I know about appending, but it's slow and tedious to go one by one to each old Blender project file looking for objects I like.
I wonder if there's an addon, or some known method for pointing to a ...
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Hundreds of orange squares after appending object
This book has been sitting there in my scene for many weeks now, and suddenly all those orange squares have appeared below it. I opened a new file and appended the same book, and that does not happen ...
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import objects from the last frame of a rigid body simulation?
Can I have 2 blend files, one with a rigid body of a bunch of objects falling into a bowl, bake that simulation, and in the second blend file import the bowl and objects from the first file with their ...
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On appended character keyframes are semi-visible and not saved
I have problem with my character, which I append to my file. Keyframes in Dope sheet are semi-visible as you can see in the image. When I change position of any bone of this character, keyframe ...
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How to combine two objects? Blending a face into an apple? [duplicate]
I'm trying to add two objects together, one being a face and the other being an apple. I have it all lined up so I can put them together but I can't edit more than one object at once to do so. Is ...
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Crowd Scene: Generating many characters with random clothing objects
I'm working on a small crowd scene and trying to figure out the best way to set it up from a workflow perspective. I have addons or particle systems to place the characters, but I need to generate a ...
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Materials from Openmaterial repository don't load
Good morning, I was searching some free material I needed, and found the openmaterial repository (http://matrep.parastudios.de/).
The site seems a legitimate repository so I've tried to dowlonad ...
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Dockable Append window
Is there is a way to set a File browser UI pane to append mode or something of the like for a quick drag and drop Kit-bashing type of workflow? Even an addon would be nice.
I did see the paid Asset ...
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Object Claims to be Appended But Not Showing Up in Viewport [duplicate]
The title is pretty self-explanatory. When I append the object, the data seems to come through but it isn't showing up in the viewport. The original object was an imported .fbx if that makes any ...
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Deleting all groups with python API
Is there a way to delete all groups with the python API? What I want to do is delete all objects and groups in the current environment and then append groups from another file. I've figured out how to ...
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How to set directories of a file from which I append? [closed]
I am making a project where I use materials from an external file.Both my files are present in a folder. I append them. While scripting, I specified the absolute path of the file. But if I copy the ...
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How to Append the Select Grouped Menu
I'm trying to append the Select Grouped menu (Shift+G) but I'm having no luck. It looks like this menu is populated based on an enum in the object.select_grouped ...
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How To Prevent Appending An Object Changing Cycles Material
I'm new to Cycles.
I have an object in one file with a material set:
When I append this object into another file, the material changes:
How do I prevent this from happening?
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Appended group opening in original location
So I appended a group of objects to my level in BGE, but every time I reopen it (the level) the appended groups go back to the location at which they are saved in their own individual files. How do I ...
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How to call a handler on starting a new file?
i am trying to make a brush library manager that automatically append brushes from arbitrary blend files. It's meant to be a module for a bigger add-on I am making.
But I am having troubles to make ...
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append entire scene python to current scene
ive been googling a bit already regarding this question.
Ive seen the bpy.ops.wm.append() method as well as the bpy.data.libraries.load() method, but still cant figure this out.
How can i merge an ...
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How to ID NLA strips for appending elsewhere
I have a source file containing a character and its animated actions. This master file serves as a control repository for the character: All of its actions are kept here, stored as NLA strips. I give ...
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How can you append a material with nodes?
I made the lightsaber model below using nodes and I want to append it to another .blend file for an animation.
However, when I append it, the nodes aren't included and it ends up looking something ...
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Having trouble linking file
Hello I seem to have lost my mesh data upon appending the file. The materials work and load correctly but the model itself is only a box now. I can view and edit the original model fine in the ...
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How do I import a Blend file from another project without losing its materials,shapekeys in the imported version etc.
I download an eye from blendswap and tried to append it to another project but lost all the information on it except the mesh itself. What i really want is a way to import the model with its textures ...
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Why does my appended object start to distort when I move it?
I'm appending a tree into another scene. After I try moving it to set up my scene, the branches start to distort. What am I doing wrong?
http://g.recordit.co/rJuzSYSsHw.gif
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Is there a way to 'update' and see changes to an appended object?
The situation I have is that there is a blender file called scene1.blend which contains an appended object called box.blend. I have made some changes to box.blend, how do I see those changes in the ...
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How to append render layers from one scene to another?
I have two scene versions. The scene content of both are equal, but I have added some new render layers to the second version.
Now I would like to append the render layers from version 2 -> version 1....
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Pose does not work after appending
I downloaded a character and when I open it the bones work.
But after I append it to another project the pose seems not to go on.
The skeleton is in pose position.
Did I append in a wrong way or ...
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How do I remove node groups from start-up file?
I have been trying to find an explanation for the nodes either not saving after being appended, only some being saved, or all being appended when I only selected 1, and I've come up with nothing.
I ...
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How to append an object and a script at the same time
I'm making a rig and I have a python interface. I want to know if there's a way to append the rig and the script at the same time.
