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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Geometry Nodes setup imports its referenced scene objects every time I use it as an asset
I’m trying to build an asset library in Blender that contains collections, some of these collections include multiple objects with Geometry Nodes setups. When I mark the entire collection as an Asset, ...
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Save snapshots of the transforms of many different objects
I have a scene with 20 different objects (the colored cuboid frames in the images below). I am creating step-by-step instructions of how to put them together, moving and rotating them. Is there a way ...
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Restoring original scale to each individual object after group transform
I'm using Blender 3.1 because i was too lazy to update. I'm currently working on a video project in blender using mostly images and 2D objects. To make the objects appear I've been using location, ...
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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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How to export instanced collections to FBX (Unity)
I've been using Collections as a way to make instances of objects from another blender file (Making complex objects in one file, and placing them around as one in another), and i've got a pretty ...
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Moving Empty with children to other collection propery
I’m using Blender 4.5 LTS. For the past 2 hours, I’ve been trying to move an empty object with mesh children. As a Maya and Blender user, I’m struggling to understand what’s happening. I simply want ...
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What is the alternative to collection instances, but transform better?
I often want to instance an entire group of objects, and treat them as a single unit. The first method I have tried is to create an instance of a collection. But, unfortunately, when I move the ...
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Some objects in a collection are None
I have a collection of objects; I want to render one of them at a time quickly and easily. I wrote a script, and I've pasted below what I currently have: ...
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Cannot display image in UIList with Grid layout
I have created a custom template list in my Blender add-on panel: ...
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How to cycle through Outliner entries for an object in multiple collections?
In the Outliner, when an object exists in multiple collections, it appears more than once as separate list entries under each collection it belongs to as expected. If I have an object that is the ...
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Overriding materials of objects inside imported collections
Some context: I have a custom addon that renders additional passes like a height gradient for example: the addon modifies the object's material and when the render is finished, restores the original ...
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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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Add curves beetween two collections (their items)
I'm facing with the problem how to create optic fibers beetween sockets of two different colections. Below is a screen (Link to image: link): How to connect the top sockets with the side sockets by ...
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Can't find specific nodes in Geometry nodes for Castle generator
I'm trying to make a Castle Generator from a Yt video, Quick roof tiles - Castle generator (1/xx). Blender Geometry Nodes., but the dude is not going exactly step by step on the tutorial. In the "...
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One of the items is not visible in a different Scene after using Geometry Nodes on a Linked Collection
This is a source blender file, let's call it S. Here I have a Collection "Cubes" with two sub-collections. One of them is a simple object. The second one has a collection instance instead of ...
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