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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Hey Jonathan,<br>
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It's mostly for organization purposes. For instance, currently a rigged
model is a collection of objects - so when doing any operation like
hiding, copying, moving to layer etc. there is a possibility that some
object will be left behind somewhere. A container would be a solid way
to be sure all are together where they should be, and can't be
interacted with when the user is not "inside" the container.<br>
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It's also for making modifiers easier to work with. For instance, if you
have a model that is a collection of objects, there is currently no
clean way to lower or rise the subdivision level on all of these
objects. Containers would mean having a single subdivision modifier for
all of them.<br>
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<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px">8 maja 2015 16:48</span></font></div></div></div>
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what other use cases would this have? I'm quite intrigued by it but at
the same time it seems quite like an upgraded Empty (with modifier
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__pbrmquotes="true" class="__pbConvBody">A quick design of a Container
type object. This is basically an upgrade
to the Dupli-Group system, which is a bit hidden and limited.
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<br>Best,
<br>Paweł Łyczkowski
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