How can I see all the "users" of a datablock? Is it possible with the Blender's UI? With Python?
For example, I'd like to know which 3 objects are the users of my material:
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1 Without Python:
You can simply select one of the objects and use Shift+L > Material to select all the objects that share the same material. If the object has more than one material, it'll check for the one that's currently active.
With Python:
It's a bit of a workaround. Each material has the attribute users, but this is only the number of users and not actually a list of objects/data.
So in order to get a list of all the objects that use a certain material, we have to loop through the objects, then through each object's material slots:
import bpy objects = bpy.context.selectable_objects mat = bpy.context.object.active_material for obj in objects: for slot in obj.material_slots: if slot.material == mat: obj.select = True 
- 2$\begingroup$ Another non-python way is to search with the outliner $\endgroup$sambler– sambler2014-06-24 08:18:04 +00:00Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 8:18
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