[Bf-committers] Isolated External Materials

[Campbell Barton]

Your right, but until then, I find it best to select all objects you 
need, Batch prefix them (With my batch prefixing python script- 'Batch 
name edit') - ~ or ! is a good prefix.
then import  ~* , works well and have been using this method a bit.

malefico andauer wrote:

>If you're thinking about working on this, something
>really needed is ability to import children objects by
>only appending the parent objects. Maybe it'snot
>exactly what you are aiming to, but probably is
>related anyway.
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>This situation is specially uncomfortably when you
>have complex characters and many scenes for them.
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>Thanks !
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>malefico.
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>--- Campbell Barton <cbarton at metavr.com> wrote:
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>>Hi
>>The Append situation is a bit crusty, its okay for
>>Normal appending but 
>>linking to blend files needs some work, when I have
>>free time I hope to 
>>update the linking system.
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>http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2285&group_id=9&atid=125
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>>If Ton dosent get to it first :)
>>Id like to add linking into python too- so python
>>can set and destroy 
>>external links.
>>For instance- you could make a scrollable list of
>>materials that you 
>>could drag into your scene, thembnails etc- Its not
>>that hard to code- 
>>Material thumbnails can be auto generated, even
>>packed into the .blend 
>>and loaded into GL memory.
>>Will write more on this later
>>- Cam
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>>Chris Burt wrote:
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>>>This is a feature request for the fun board :) And
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>>its a request for a 
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>>>feature that already exists :) Its called "Append"
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>>and you access it 
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>>>through SHIFT + F1. Be sure to read the docs
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>>before you post requests. 
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>>>Blender does a lot more than is apparent and most
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>>of the time you'll 
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>>>find it already does exactly what you want ;)
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>>>Regards,
>>>--Chris
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>>>Austin Benesh wrote:
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>>>>After thinking for some time that it is
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>>frustrating to duplicate a
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>>>>material between Blender instances, I was
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>>wondering if it is possible
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>>>>to save an individual material to a ".bmat" file
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>>stored under
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>>>>".blender" directory. In the interface you would
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>>be given direct
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>>>>access to these files, which would greatly speed
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>>up some processes. I
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>>>>was thinking of simply using the material
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>>exporter function used in
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>>>>BLO_loader.
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>>>>--Austin
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Campbell J Barton

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