Questions tagged [linked-data]
Questions about linked data. There are many kinds of data that can be linked, (e.g, Materials, Object Data, Modifiers, etc.) even across multiple blendfiles.
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How can I make a material unique per linked asset?
I have an asset with a material applied. The asset is linked to another scene multiple times. The material has a driver to use a source texture based on a slider, and I want to control it per asset. ...
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Linked Armature Controls turn greenish blue and making it hard to work with
I'm trying to animate my linked armature, but a lot of controls turn bright greenish blue, when I click them. It seems to has to do something with an override, but how can I make it turn on and off, ...
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Where do I access the "Number of users of a Node Tree"
Where do I access the "Number of users of a Node Tree" Using Blender 3.6.9. I am a complete and utter noob. I need to use the answer to the question in How to make independently editable ...
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Using drivers in linked file
I'm trying to link a train with multiple wagons to a path, so I can animate it to follow the tracks. So I used Follow path and wanted to add a driver to the wagons, to follow it with an offset, but ...
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How can I change the object hierarchy of a linked asset?
I'm using Blender 4.5.1. I have a scene file in which a character is included as a linked asset from a library. I need to change the object hierarchy of the character asset file to fix a mistake I ...
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Is there a method or tool that will enable me to search & replace references to external images?
I'm looking for a method or tool that will enable me to search and replace external images referenced in materials in a Blender file. For example, I'd like to be able to batch search all references to ...
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Keep Material of Linked Library
Is it possible to assign a material to an object that is linked from a library, which is in my main file and not lose it? i seem to be able to assign materials from my mine file to the linked objects ...
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Materials breaks on linked objects after rotation?
I've noticed that lighting behaves differently on linked objects depending on their rotation. The most obvious issue appears with the Fresnel node, but it's not the only effect that breaks after ...
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Is there a way to use external driver in the linked material without overriding?
I was wondering if there's a way to control any value in the linked material through the parent scene without overriding the material itself? For example, add a Texture Coordinate node with an Empty ...
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Can you unlink linked Scenes? And how to know which of two Scenes are fully copied or linked?
In the picture, Scene is the original scene. Scene.001 is linked to Scene. ...
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Expected CTRL + L to link data, but it locked transformations
I was working on a wall panel, and after selecting the objects, I pressed CTRL + L to link their data so I could edit one and apply the changes to all. However, it didn't work as expected. Instead of ...
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Object enters into a collection in new file when appending
I have an object in a file with tons of collections, links, parenting etc.. which i don't fully understand. I wanted to make an object that I had made in there, an asset in my asset library. Which I ...
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Can Linked rigged characters be played with the delay on timeline?
I have some side characters set up in my Asset Browser. The character has animated rig, some widgets and meshes packed into collection and the collection is marked as the asset. When I link this ...
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Where are all my textures?
Is there A quick way to see the file path for all of the external files linked to a blend file? Or to permanently incorporate them into a file? I've built a complex scene using shaders from various ...
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Data loss rigging a linked model
My file structure is like this: ...