Copy/pasting objects used in modifiers (or objects in collections used in modifiers) are not linked to the scene #87189

New Issue

Mr Chocolate Bar · 2021-04-04T11:24:51+02:00

Mr Chocolate Bar commented

2021-04-04 11:24:51 +02:00

System Information
Operating system:
Windows 10

Blender Version
Broken: (2.93.0 Alpha )

Short description of error
Fia8V0O17w.mp4

In the video Im not selecting the cut collection, however doing so wont make any apparent difference.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
🙄

Download to the file in the demo video
Boolean with procedural edge.blend (sorry about the unnecessary complexity of the scene)

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 **Blender Version** Broken: (2.93.0 Alpha ) ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9919596/image.png) **Short description of error** [Fia8V0O17w.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9919615/Fia8V0O17w.mp4) In the video Im not selecting the cut collection, however doing so wont make any apparent difference. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** 🙄 **Download to the file in the demo video** [Boolean with procedural edge.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9919618/Boolean_with_procedural_edge.blend) (sorry about the unnecessary complexity of the scene)

blender-admin commented

2021-04-04 11:24:51 +02:00

#73219 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Mr Chocolate Bar commented

2021-04-04 11:24:52 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Olliver

Mr Chocolate Bar commented

2021-04-04 11:25:57 +02:00

Its worth mentioning that the objects still get pasted, so in my case here where I used the collection as a bool cutter collection this results in a bunch of ghost cutters that I cant alter, but that still cut into my mesh.

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:06:01 +02:00

Added subscribers: @mont29, @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:06:01 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:06:01 +02:00

Note: blender pulls in the cutter collection, but does not link it to the scene, but you can do so manually:

go to Outliner, Blender File view
expand Collections
select cut collection
context menu > Link to Scene

That being said, I would also think that this is unexpected behavior.
@mont29: why would we not want to link the collection used in a modifier to the scene?
Same is true for objects btw., if these are used in modifiers, these sometimes also dont come over linked to the scene

#87189.blend

Note: blender pulls in the cutter collection, but does not link it to the scene, but you can do so manually: - go to `Outliner`, `Blender File` view - expand Collections - select `cut` collection - context menu > `Link to Scene` That being said, I would also think that this is unexpected behavior. @mont29: why would we not want to link the collection used in a modifier to the scene? Same is true for objects btw., if these are used in modifiers, these sometimes also dont come over linked to the scene [#87189.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9921710/T87189.blend)

Philipp Oeser changed title from ~~Copy/pasting objects in any collection other than Scene Collection or Collection will go invisible in the outliner and 3D view in targeted scene~~ to Copy/pasting objects used in modifiers (or objects in collections used in modifiers) are not linked to the scene

2021-04-06 13:07:52 +02:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2021-10-01 12:09:17 +02:00

This is kind of expected behavior in append case, but paste code on top of it is indeed doing fairly weird things... Fix incoming.