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Converting particles (Render Type: Group) to objects is not working as expected

I have a Particle System with hundreds of particles. Their Render Type is set to Group. I want to convert such particles to separate objects. I tried "Make Duplicated Real" and clicking "Convert" in ...
menfon's user avatar
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How to ungroup a group instance

I've created a group consisting of a few objects, then created a few instances of that group. I now want to "ungroup" one of the instances, de-linking all of that instance's objects from the parent ...
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Move group instances together after rotation

I am trying to model a tripod. The idea was to model just one leg, making it a group, and then create two group instances of the leg, rotate them +-120 degrees (to face each other) and voila. The ...
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How to apply physics on instances of group?

I have a group of multiple objects. I make a couple of instances via Shift + A and shift them along Z. Then I try to drop them ...
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How to: Group instances on Hair Particle system to shear and rotate

How to make a particle System to instanciates objects and make them rotate on the z axis as well as bend in reaction to force fields like wind. Using the "Render/Group" option in the PS properties, I ...
Tomás Ruiz's user avatar
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Place random object from group

I'm working on a scene with a lot of container ships, where the ship is always the same, but i'd like to have a different arrangement of containers on the ships. I've modelled the ship and a ...
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1 vote
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Group instance: move source group

I've created a group then group instance and moved the parent. The result is that instances move in very strange way, like theyre movement s summing with parent or something... What is happening? I ...
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1 vote
2 answers
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Why are instances of duplicated groups linked

I'm a bit of a newb, so please bear with me. I have a number of objects (chairs) that are parented to another object (table). I have created a group of these objects and have many instances of this ...
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6 votes
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How do I switch low with highpoly models?

I've heard this trick at the conference, but I can't remember it nor find the video. I have 300 instances of the same linked group in a scene and I want to use a low poly version for the camera work. ...
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