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Imagine I have 10 objects in my scene.

I keep needing to select object 1,6 and 9 to do something.

Is there a way to name this group? Say 169.

I dont want to group/parent/put in container. This "group" is for selecting only.

So every time I want to select object 1,6 & 9, I can just select the group called 169.

Does that make sense and can it be done?

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  • $\begingroup$ it can be done via python script. The question is: why don't you want to use parent/container, because these are the obvious ways to do such things in blender? What you also could think about is joining these 3 objects...you can later separate them if needed. $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Commented Nov 12, 2022 at 0:02
  • $\begingroup$ In the Machin3TOOLS addon there is a group function, it parents the group to an empty, then you can select the whole group by holding shift and double-left-click on one of the objects $\endgroup$
    – Psyonic
    Commented Nov 12, 2022 at 2:22
  • $\begingroup$ I do use and know about groups, parenting and joining but this is slightly different (correct me if I'm wrong). In my scene, I have groups, containers and parented hierarchies. Imagine I have a complex octopus rig (so hierarchy bones and controllers). Say, I want to sometimes move 8 arms at once. I could sent up an empty for this but I would need lots of empties for all the other combinations of arms. Surely, a simpler method is to get Blender to "remember" the selected objects and put it into a "selection group" list? $\endgroup$
    – ken
    Commented Nov 14, 2022 at 8:45
  • $\begingroup$ You probably miss that Autodesk 3ds Max feature as much as I do ! $\endgroup$
    – james_t
    Commented Feb 28 at 18:12

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