Questions tagged [groups]
Prior to Blender version 2.8, Groups were a means of organizing and instancing multiple objects, which could be manipulated as one. Use this tag for questions pertaining to Groups in version 2.79 and earlier versions of Blender. For more recent versions, see the [collections] tag.
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Is it possible to group several objects and then manipulate them (scale, rotate, translate) as one?
I've never been quite able to figure out how groups work in Blender (at least not since 2.5/6x). Is it possible to group several objects and then manipulate them (scale, rotate, translate) as one?
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Array a Group of objects?
Is it possible to array a group of objects?
For example, if I have three objects in a group, (I want to keep them as separate objects) is it possible to easily duplicate them as if I pressed AltD ...
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Rotate (group) objects outwards on spherical particle system?
I'm trying to create a mini-world with (among other things) trees on it. I have created an icosphere, modeled several trees and put them in a group.
Next I added a particle system to the sphere, and ...
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Properties of a selection of objects
Imagine a scene containing multiple objects, for example a bed and a chair. The bed and the chair aren't blender-objects themselves, but they consist of many subobjects. To view the dimensions, ...
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Blender 3.0.0 - How to use a vertex group in geometry nodes?
Does anyone know a way I can utilize vertex groups to limit the instancing in v. 3.0.0 ?
Here is a thread explaining nicely what I'm also trying to do. The thing is, 3.0.0 Beta apparently removed ...
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Purge unused data (e.g. particle system, or groups) by script
How can I completely remove a objects (e.g. particle system or groups used in particle systems) in blender using python?
The problem is this: I have a script, with which I create a scene (e.g. adding ...
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Local anchor for group master (move/translate/offset of group master moves group instances)?
Let's say I start with the default Blender (2.64) file, except I set the cube to be 1 for all dimensions. At that point, the cube is at xyz location (0,0,0).
Then, let's say I select the cube with ...
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How to force a node group input field to display a slider?
I have created a couple of node groups with some "group-inputs-sliders" (The one called "Roughness" in the bottom picture). I would like it to have the blue-bar slider like the blender native ones. ...
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Object Positions Reset On Blender Load
So I am attempting to make a modular environment in Blender, so I'm modeling many pieces in one scene to make sure they all match up properly before separating them out.
However, whenever I restart ...
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How can I organize the outliner with groups?
When I learned the basics of Maya awhile back, they taught us that we could organize and clean the outliner window with groups. Anyway, it doesn't seem that I can hide multiple objects into one ...
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Dupligroups and Snapping
When I import dupligroups from an object .blend into my master .blend scene, I can move the transform of the dupligroup parent fine. However, I really miss the ability to snap to other scene geometry....
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Select Input Texture file name as parameter/node
I am trying to create a material node group for triplanar mapping, but I am not sure how I can parameterize the image texture name.
I have 3 image texture nodes, which all use the same file with the ...
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How do I find which materials are using a particular node group
I have a blend file that I am using as a materials library. I have discovered that there are node groups that were not named, so I have a collection of NodeGroup.xxx groups. I would like to find the ...
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how to hide green pyramid of group objects handler
when I handle group objects, green pyramid disturb me.
how can I hide these?
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Appended group opening in original location
So I appended a group of objects to my level in BGE, but every time I reopen it (the level) the appended groups go back to the location at which they are saved in their own individual files. How do I ...
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