Questions tagged [collections]
Collections were introduced in Blender 2.8 to replace object layers and groups as a scene organization tool. Use this tag for questions about 2.8 or later Collections. Use this tag for questions about using Collections.
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Move to Collection command in context menu missing
In the latest 3.0 version the Object context menu has changed and the move to a new collection is no longer available. Any hints?
This is the old version
This is the new one.
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How to move collection without moving the instances?
I want to move the collection without affecting all the instances since I would have to rearrange the scene. Is there a way to do this?
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Geometry Nodes - Selections from A Variety of Collections Based on XYZ Index values
I'm trying to understand Geometry Nodes in 3.0 by doing my own modular generator where instances are being generated from a simple base mesh object (see image above) that is then put through a Remesh ...
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Replace object mesh with collection instance
I know how to replace an object with another object. I simply select two objects, press ctrl + L, then Link Object Data. There ...
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Rigid body simulation (separate by group of start time falling)
I'm doing animation via rigid body simulation (falling objects)
So I need one group of objects to start falling at frame 0, the second at 100, and another one at 200.
It's need to separate objects of ...
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When I move objects to a different collection their keyframes dissappear in the dopesheet, how do i get them back?
I have several collections and noticed that whenever I move an object (that I have already rigged and animated) from one collection to another, the keyframes dissappear from the dope sheet and the ...
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Boolean Expression to check if an object exists in a specific collection
I want a Boolean expression to check if an object exist in a specific collection. For instance, test whether "Sphere" exists in the collection "TEST_COL".
So I can run the ...
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How to make Extended Asset Browser feature turned on by default in 3.0?
Blender's 3.0 release is awesome especially the asset browser. However, I notice that I couldn't mark a Collection as an asset. In previous beta releases you could turn on Extended Asset Browser ...
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Blender Geometry Nodes reference objects should be hidden
I'm currently experimenting with the new Geomitry Nodes in Blender and have also downloaded the Flower Scattering demo from the Blender website.
When I go to the original file, the reference objects (...
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Selecting a collection via Python
Many similar question but none solved my problem.
My selection and hierarchy looks like this:
I want to loop through all selected collections, select the collection and it's children and export.
How ...
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Query if selection is a collection [duplicate]
I have troubling ensuring that my selection is a collection.
My code:
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FPS drops when I add an overlay (health bar) to my camera view? (UPBGE)
when I run my game it plays at 30fps which is fine, but when I add a health bar overlay this drops down to 20fps for some reason. Is there any way of having an overlay in camera view without a ...
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Make latest collection created as active
I'm trying to make a script that makes the latest created Collection as active right away. Is there a way to accomplish it or we just need to rely on the collection's name to make it active?
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When I use a collection as a particle instance it show up but when I use a object instance I can see them
I have been following the donut tutorial and I am up to around 9:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ5ungDgFNc). whenever I try to use a collection it just simply doesn't show in render or the ...
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Moving objects inside the collection (Layers panel)?
Is it possible to move objects inside this objects panel/Scene collection? I have now a Camera as a 1st object, 2nd is Cylinder and 3rd is Cube, but I want to arrange them differently. Is that ...
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Blender Cloth Physics - Limit Object Collisions to several collections
is it possible to limit the object collision of a cloth to more than one collection. I can only select one collection. Thanks!
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When using the Collection Info node, is there a way to transfer geo node attributes from instanced objects and use it?
So I made a simple geometry node tree to create a tile with a hole. You can control the size of the hole (X and Y) from within modifier properties panel.
Then I made a another geo tree that instances ...
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How to bulk rename objects in ascending order
I have multiple objects in the scene which I'd like to rename in ascending order at once.
Before
After
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Is the Asset Browser going to support Collections? [closed]
I'm really enjoying Blender's 3.0 release specially the asset browser. However, I notice that I couldn't mark a Collection as an asset unlike the previous beta releases. Then found out Collections ...
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Blender 3.0 Geometry nodes - How to replace a selected instance from a collection with a different object?
Let's say I have a collection named Collection original and inside of it two cubes and two spheres.
Then in a separate collection I have a monkey and another object with geometry nodes. Within the ...
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How to rotate an entire collection with one pivot point?
It probably has to do with the way I organized (or not) my outliner but I basically need to rotate the tunnel with all the other objects following it. When I try to do it, all the elements rotate in ...
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How can I access a collection's custom properties using the interface?
Now that we have a dedicated panel for the Collections properties in the properties editor, I was hoping we could access a collection's custom properties interface like we can for the other objects in ...
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How to copy the whole blender file into a new one without losing collections?
Sometimes a scene that will have some unsolvable error, the easiest way is to copy everything to a new blend file scene but with that, everything goes into one collection instead of how it was in my ...
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How to add more objects to an animation group?
I'm new to animating in Blender. The issue is I've created a simple space ship object and animated it. Working great! I then used Random Flow mesh generator (great 3rd party addon!) to create ...
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Problem copying overriden linked collection from one blend file to another
Long story short. I have a collection with subcollections in the one blend file and I want to copy those into another blend file. The problem is that those subcollections won't copy (though I try to ...
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Geometry Nodes - Instancing from Collections
Using 3.0.0 Beta, it looks like Instance on Points replaces the *Point InstanceU node, but using this with collections is stumping me.
I'd like random instances from a collection to be used at each ...
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Every object is added in the same collection
I am trying to create a person in Blender. I have the collection Human, with a cube which was the initial cube that i created to start. After that I created a few more and make the parts of the arms ...
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Legacy Layers (now Collections) in older project are grayed out (invisible)? [duplicate]
I'm reacquainting myself with Blender after a hiatus of several years. I see that Blender 2.93.5 now has Collections instead of Layers. I've opened this legacy file where the Layers are now ...
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Blender 2.93 does not save view layer render setting after selecting a different view layer
Using Blender 2.93.3. Cycles, though I don't think that has anything to do with this. My scene consists of nine collections and eight view layers for compositing. After I enable rendering for a ...
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object names gets duplicated when moving from a collection to another
in the resent versions of blender I got this weird behavior when I try to move an object to another collection it's name gets duplicated the object it self remains one but with two names in two ...
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Boolean modifier with collections
I'm trying to apply a boolean difference to a collection but it doesn't seem to be taking affect. I'm using Blender 2.93.4
I hide the cutter hoping to see holes going through the three objects but ...
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Whenever I generate a rig, these collections appear. What are these?
I have a few more question: Are these important when animating? Do i have to check the box? enable in viewports?
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Objects move out of collection upon disabling collection
I don't know what's causing this. When I disable a collection, the objects automatically move out of the collection and stay visible. Once I enable the collection again, they move back into the ...
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Import multiple obj files in separate collections
https://gist.github.com/p2or/af5bc4fae39b16f8d505
This tool work very fine but exist a tool that import also multiple objs in separate collections, each for every single file?
Thanks.
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How do I find what collections a collection is part of? [duplicate]
I am trying to build a collection hierarchy in bpy - to mirror a product's hierarchical bill of materials.
With a mesh I can do this:
obj.users_collection
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Trying to turn off (exclude) a collection by name? [duplicate]
How to do this?
I've tried
bpy.context.view_layer.layer_collection["my_collection"].exclude = False
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How to make a linked collection into an appended asset?
If I have linked a collection in my Blend file and now I want it to behave like I appended it... how would I do that?
The collection in question contains many mesh objects. I have also parented the ...
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Seeing inside a collection
I have been given a .blend to work with to generate some renders. The large model is made up of a number of smaller/reused components. In the Outliner, (under another collection called Instances), ...
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Asset Browser not adding to default location
I am trying to add my character collection to the asset browser. However when I mark the collection as an asset, it shows up in the local file within the asset browser, but not my default folder. ...
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How do I create a text file from the selected objects containing name and collection?
I'm trying to do something similar as in this post, but instead of all dimensions from each object I want to know to which collection they belong.
The part of the code I changed was:
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How to make object from collection [duplicate]
How I can transform objects in collection to single object?
I dont want still to use select objects in collection to move with all things inside.
Is there any simplier way?
I know about instances ...
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Export collection and set FBX file name as collection name?
How difficult is it to make a selection by collection and set the FBX file name as the collection name?
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Indirect Only check for collections - Full Data path
Why is there no option to copy full data path of the indirect only check in collections? It's possible for "selectable", "disable in renders" but not for "holdout" and &...
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How to use collection of armatures with children meshes in particle system or Geometry Node Instancing?
I'm having a little problem right there:
I have 5 different rigged zombies with different animations, so in the outliner they're armatures with a child mesh of the zombies:
What I want to do is ...
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Can't find a collection
I have a collection (called "SCATTER: Tree1") with an object inside, and I can't seem to find them in the view layer. I've tried to activate some restriction toggles that can sometimes hide ...
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How to create sub-collections?
How can I create sub-collections? Like a collection inside another collection. I only found how to do it using python, is there any easier way that doesn't envolve coding? Thanks!
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How do I change collection color?
I noticed in the preference settings that there is an option to change the colors of different collections, but how do I actually change a collection with color 1 for example? This would really help ...
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Cycles render out of memory and long Initializing
I have a very complex scene where I always get out of memory while rendering. Because I want to find out what is causing the biggest problems, I have deactivated various collections.
What I do not ...
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How can I select object from collection and place it on spline from different collection THEN do it again until all splines are used?
This is follow up to my previous question here. I managed to get an answer and improve on it, however my current implementation is pretty cumbersome.
I need to simplify my current solution, as ...
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How to get a list of selected excluded collections in the Outliner using Python?
The Batch Rename feature of the blender's Outliner does not appear to work for the collection, so I want to write a script myself. There are a lot of heavy mesh in the collections, so I'd like to ...
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