Questions tagged [append]
Questions relating to appending assets from one .blend file to another .blend file.
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How to append textures and brushes in 4.3
How to append textures to 4.3 file from, for example, 4.1 file? I append them, they are visible in outliner and I can drag them to a viewport, but can't select them with brushes.
Here's the link with ...
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Why does Blender think local assets are still linked?
I've run into a problem I've never experienced before. I have a large project with many linked assets in the form of other Blend files.
PROBLEM: I created a new Blend file and appended some of the ...
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How to easily detect new appended data with bpy?
Fellow bpy coders, do any of you know an easy method/trick to detect newly added appended datablock in the user scene?
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I intend to automatically detect new appended objects in user scene in ...
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Append (reuse data) doesn't work anymore for Geometry Nodes in Blender 4.2?
If you you do the following in Blender 4.2:
You add a grid
You add a monkey
You apply a geometry nodes modifier to the grid
In the geometry nodes modifier you insert an "Instance on Points" ...
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Load properties from scene in another blend file (without contents)
I'm trying to load scene properties from a given blend file into the current one using bpy.data.libraries.load()
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Maintaining collection structure when appending assets with Geometry Nodes modifiers applied to them
I marked an object as an asset. It has a complex Geometry Nodes modifier that uses "object info" and "collection info" nodes to import other objects.
These referenced objects are ...
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How to append collections with GeoNodes in Blender while reusing data and maintaining object control
I want to append a collection containing objects with geometry nodes modifiers applied to them. After appending, I still need to be able to manipulate the individual objects in the collection as usual....
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How to prevent Blender from renaming appended objects' shared data blocks
I'm running into an issue with appending objects in Blender.
I have a file (File A) with several objects that share the same Geometry Nodes modifiers, Node Groups, and materials. When I append these ...
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Why do my shaders appear so dark in my linked collection?
The first render is from the actual blend file. The other renders are when I use that first blend file appended/linked as a collection instance in another blend file. Why do my plastic containers look ...
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How does the append function in python work in Blender 4?
I'm going to keep this one more focused than my last question:
Appending scripts and materials from a .blend file in an addon used to look like this:
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Append geometry nodes object with linked objects in object info nodes
I have a geometry nodes object that has several object info nodes. The objects in those nodes are all linked from another file.
When I append the geometry nodes object in a new file, all the objects ...
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Blender File Cleanup - remapping users with duplicate data
I can't seem to locate a way to do just what I want easily, and there doesn't seem to be any add-on utility addressing this, so here goes:
Say I have a file with many materials and meshes, and I want ...
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Appended file sped up
I had animated a character in one file and synced it with an audio - when I appended the character file into another one, the whole animation is now sped up, I don't know what to do.
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How to edit / manage appended collections with collection instances
I am struggling with one problem for over 3 years and i finally decided to discuss it with someone. Long story short:
I got an object lets say CASE
I got another objects like BUTTONS
I got a ...
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Script works in python console and "run script' but cannot be enabled as an addon
I am a beginner in scripting so I am aware that this might be trivial thing, but I will appreciate any help.
I was trying to make some automation to my geometry node workflow.
The main utility of it, ...
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Pasted objects become invisible and show as 0 metre in dimensions along all axes
I'm trying to copy a collection of objects from one .blend file to another. I tried append, and then I tried copy and paste with 2 instances of Blender windows open. In both cases, the objects become ...
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Why are linked objects from another file laggy, and same objects are fast when appended?
I have a laggy file that will take up to 12 seconds to select a basic object and take up to 14gb of memory, to fix this I open a new blend file and append all the objects and now there is no delay and ...
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Appended objects have bad quality
I am recreating an ancient settlement with Blender, and to make my life easier, I modeled several types of ceramic vases with procedural materials on a separate file, which I appended (not linked, ...
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bpy.ops.wm.append not functioning properly with Blender 3.6?
After moving from Blender 3.3 to 3.6.1 (on Macos en Unix), my scene-building python scripts fail to execute, not properly importing materials or collections when using bpy.ops.wm.append. The operator ...
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World Scene Lights On, No Texture
Blender version 3.5.1. I made an ocean. I appended a unicorn model into it.
When the world scene light is on the unicorn loses its texture but not colour.The texture's there with the world scene off. ...
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Problem with drop off when sculpting rock face
I'm trying to sculpt rock faces in blender. My normal work flow was to append photos sscanned rock textures to my draw brush in sculpt mode and then go from there. Since downloading the newest blender ...
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Imported .FBX file won't pack as resources
I downloaded a Free Wheat.fbx file and imported the content into blender.
I have toggled the Automatically Pack Resources on.
I try to save the file as a blend file, but it gives a warning that an ...
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Trying to make an addon to streamline asset browser use
I would like to create add-on for blender 3.6 that allows me to mark an asset in the current file I am using then let me choose an unopened file I want it appended to. This add-on should give me ...
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3.5: append an object without its associated objects?
When I want to append in a single object from another file, all its related objects come in too. An old post says that "unchecking Localize All" is supposed to fix it but in all the years I'...
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File size doesn’t change after deleting part of appended object
I noticed while I was tidying up my blender file that an small object contains almost 300mb of data but it should really be about 3mb.
I think what I have done is that I have appended a large object ...
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Python API: How to Append a Collection from a Blendfile in Blender 3.4?
Currently I am updating an add-on to work in Blender 3.4. It is a pretty simple scripting system that imports 3d bug assets from a source blendfile (Packed within the add-on) and then attaches those ...
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property driver driven by a custom property not working in other blend file
i made an addon that uses custom properties to drive other properties within that file. but the thing is, it only works in that file. when i append the collection containing everything into another ...
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How to "push up" an NLA Strip or Action Clip to Append to a new file
I want to re-link a library character and then re-append some actions from a previous file. However, while I see my desired actions/names in the NLA Editor, I don't see them in the Action Editor ...
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Recover a UV from backup file (Import UV Layout)
I have "corrupted" a mesh UV in my ongoing edits in a file and I'd like to restore it.
Edit mode UV unwrap commands don't get close to the original UV mask that matches up with the photo ...
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Appending collections from a blend file to the current scene with Python
I am very new to Python and the Blender API. I am doing some scripting tests and I am trying to append a collection (named Cube_Collection) from a blend file (Cube.blend) into a new, current, blend ...
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Why does this action look different after being appended?
I'm trying to import an action from an old project into a new project. When I do so, the animation just doesn't look right.
Here's the action in the old project:
And here it is in the new project:
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Can't Append objects with armatures from Asset Library
Using the Asset library, I drag simple objects into my scene using the append option at the top of Asset library window, it works fine, can edit and such. But recently started to create objects with ...
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Create Vector list in Animation node
I need help to make a Vector List in Animation node.
What I tried you can have it in the link https://blend-exchange.com/b/w7OPLjo6 this work if I use Append list (done for 2d vector ) with vector ...
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How can I choose which actions I want to see in Blender?
I have two characters with different actions. One of my character can run and swim. My other character can walk and sit.
These characters are different blend.file.
When I want to append these ...
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Download external zip (with images) file and unpack it
Have an addon and it works well now https://github.com/Gl2imm/Apex-Toolbox
Have the intention to add in some of the items for easy use, but the images there are huge and not everyone wants to download ...
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Appending Characters but Asset Library doesn't load
I have created my characters, made my shape keys, created a pose library and saved everything in the asset browser as illustrated in the picture attached (Screenshot 1)., However, everytime i append ...
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append blend file in the middle of the scene
I have an animation in a blend file.
I want to append it to a different blend file but i want it to start from the middle and not from the begging.
How do I do that?
thanks
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Append Lighting Setups?
Is there a way to append lighting setups that keep's the light positions? Marking lights as assets or appending them drops all position data so you loose the orientation and arrangement. Looking for a ...
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Deleted objects appear when Appending model
I've been having this strange issue since I started using Blender, and I cannot find any information about it anywhere online.
The issue is, whenever I append a model into another file, it Appends ...
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what's the deal with periods in blender names?
I'm using the following to iterate across the objects in another Blender file so I can append certain objects to the current scene:
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get actual object names created after using bpy.ops.wm.append()
When using bpy.ops.wm.append() to bring in objects from another .blend file, if the newly imported objects have name collisions with existing objects in the scene, ...
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How do I append a text in a blend file from within an addon?
Total rewrite of my question
From this post, I've greatly simplified my approach:
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Appending hair object to file messes up another hair object
whenever I append a princess hair from another file to my current blend file, all object within the current file with particle system is messing up. I am really new to the particle system and I can't ...
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Append/Link - Material not correct
I have a Star Wars Star Destroyer in one blend file.
The ship has 4 materials.
I would like to use this model in a scene in a different blend file and I would like to have several Star Destroyers over ...
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How do I append a text file?
More precisely: what is the "directory" or "section" of a text file?
This code is not working:
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How do I correctly append object constraints and keyframes?
When I append a landing platform that I animated and added object constraints to (child of) into a new file everything is there from textures, keyframes to object constraints, but when select ...
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Blend file is 1.89 gigs but when opened is just blank [duplicate]
I recently ported a .blend and .blend1 file I was working on from my mac to my PC using a USB.
Here's what I did:
Packed all ...
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How to import a rigged model into an other file?
I downloaded a 3d model and it is rigged, it has parameters and a lot of things to it. And now I would like to use it in an Blender file I'm working on and it would be great if I could use the ...
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Using python how do I append cameras and lights from another file? [duplicate]
Please note: this is NOT the same question - mine is about how one does the same thing with python.
I am trying to use python to append cameras and lights from one .blend file to another, like this:
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With python how do I append cameras and lights from another file? [duplicate]
I am trying to append cameras and lights from one .blend file to another, like this:
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