Append already linked Data #55629

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Julien Kaspar · 2018-06-26T12:26:44+02:00

Julien Kaspar commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

Blender Version
Broken: 2.8 e17285a381

Short description of error
When appending data that is already linked into the file, it will also be linked instead of being made local.

**Blender Version** Broken: 2.8 e17285a3816 **Short description of error** When appending data that is already linked into the file, it will also be linked instead of being made local.

Julien Kaspar commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

Added subscriber: @JulienKaspar

blender-admin commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

#92688 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

#86691 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

#84900 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

#79903 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2018-06-26 12:26:44 +02:00

#67740 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Bastien Montagne was assigned by Julien Kaspar

2018-06-26 12:28:36 +02:00

ALEKSANDR_Romanets commented

2019-04-27 19:04:49 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Alex_Rom

Bastien Montagne commented

2019-07-26 18:54:30 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Alex3

Bastien Montagne commented

2019-08-09 16:43:40 +02:00

Have been working on this today, have it partially working (crashes still a lot, the append part of the code is very complicated :( ), but am hitting some design issues actually.

Thing is, in append, after linked data has been made local, we remap all its local usages to the local data-block. It means that if e.g. you have assigned a linked material to some local object, then decide to append that same material, currently your already existing local object will be also remapped to use the new local copy (appended version) of the material. I kind of have the feeling that this is not the desired behavior?

Have been working on this today, have it partially working (crashes still a lot, the append part of the code is very complicated :( ), but am hitting some design issues actually. Thing is, in append, after linked data has been made local, we remap all its local usages to the local data-block. It means that if e.g. you have assigned a linked material to some local object, then decide to append that same material, currently your already existing local object will be also remapped to use the new local copy (appended version) of the material. I kind of have the feeling that this is not the desired behavior?

Dalai Felinto commented

2019-11-26 22:32:45 +01:00

Added subscriber: @dfelinto

Dalai Felinto commented

2019-11-26 22:32:45 +01:00

More than a week without reply or activity. Due to the policy of the tracker archiving for until required info/data are provided.
(@mont29 is this still even an issue? if not maybe even the patch can be archived)

More than a week without reply or activity. Due to the policy of the tracker archiving for until required info/data are provided. (@mont29 is this still even an issue? if not maybe even the patch can be archived)

Bastien Montagne commented

2019-11-27 09:16:18 +01:00

@dfelinto

you did not archive this
this is a TODO, not a bug! We do not archive those until we actually address them or decide to fully drop them.
yes, issue is still here, and needs to be addressed… some day.

@dfelinto - you did not archive this - this is a TODO, not a bug! We do not archive those until we actually address them or decide to fully drop them. - yes, issue is still here, and needs to be addressed… some day.

Aaron Carlisle commented

2020-02-10 17:47:41 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs User Info' to: 'Confirmed'

Bastien Montagne commented

2020-08-19 16:07:06 +02:00

Added subscribers: @ZachHixson, @lichtwerk, @mont29

Stephen Cerbone commented

2020-10-25 20:09:17 +01:00

Added subscriber: @importsjc

Stephen Cerbone commented

2020-10-25 20:09:17 +01:00

Hi all,

Just wanted to provide a workaround for this issue. I found that if you save the blender file, that you are appending data from, with a new name (eg "Model_V1.blend" -> "Model_V2.blend") the data will be appended without any linking!

Hope this helps someone and that I provided this feedback in the correct manner.

Hi all, Just wanted to provide a **workaround** for this issue. I found that if you save the blender file, that you are appending data from, with a new name (eg "Model_V1.blend" -> "Model_V2.blend") the data will be appended without any linking! Hope this helps someone and that I provided this feedback in the correct manner.

J. Kissel commented

2020-10-28 14:21:27 +01:00

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J. Kissel commented

2020-10-28 14:21:27 +01:00

Thanx Stephen for this workaround - but it actually don't work in the 2.90.1 version I have here - saving the library file with a new name or renaming a copy of the file does not change anything on the append behavior.

Only renaming the collection, before saving a different file seems to work.

Thanx Stephen for this workaround - but it actually don't work in the 2.90.1 version I have here - saving the library file with a new name or renaming a copy of the file does not change anything on the append behavior. Only renaming the collection, before saving a different file seems to work.

Stephen Cerbone commented

2020-10-28 16:21:36 +01:00

Good to know! I'm using 2.90.0. I'll holdoff upgrading until there's a fix/workaround in a newer version.