copy paste collections from one scene to another doesnt work. #73219

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michael campbell · 2020-01-18T20:03:01+01:00

michael campbell commented

2020-01-18 20:03:01 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 431.86

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.82 (sub 6), branch: master, commit date: 2020-01-06 20:54, hash: 3a35301fd1
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
copy paste collections from one scene to another doesnt work.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

select a couple of collections in the outliner, right click and choose copy, now go to another existing scene (in the same blend file), right click the outliner area and choose paste. The info bar at the bottom indicates that the items have been pasted, but there's no new collections or objects in either the outliner or the viewport.

see image, info bar advises everything has been pasted into the scene, but nothing appears in the outliner or viewport:

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 431.86 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.82 (sub 6), branch: master, commit date: 2020-01-06 20:54, hash: `3a35301fd1` Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** copy paste collections from one scene to another doesnt work. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** select a couple of collections in the outliner, right click and choose copy, now go to another existing scene (in the same blend file), right click the outliner area and choose paste. The info bar at the bottom indicates that the items have been pasted, but there's no new collections or objects in either the outliner or the viewport. see image, info bar advises everything has been pasted into the scene, but nothing appears in the outliner or viewport: ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8285895/image.png)

michael campbell commented

2020-01-18 20:03:01 +01:00

Added subscriber: @3di

Richard Antalik commented

2020-01-20 14:33:11 +01:00

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

Bastien Montagne commented

2020-01-20 20:55:29 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2020-01-20 20:55:29 +01:00

Would consider that a known issue, pasting in Outliner requires much refinement for sure (currently, it merely paste data into Main database, without doing any kind of instancing…)

michael campbell commented

2020-01-20 20:58:08 +01:00

I’d be happy if it pasted an identical, but differently named non-instanced hierarchy of collections. Append a .001 at the end of each duplicated collection for example.

Bastien Montagne commented

2020-01-20 21:11:48 +01:00

that’s exactly what it is doing - but just in BMain global storage of all Blender data, it does not instantiate/hook/whatever the pasted collection into the scene. You can see your copies of collections in the Blender File view of the Outliner e.g.

that’s exactly what it is doing - but just in BMain global storage of all Blender data, it does not instantiate/hook/whatever the pasted collection into the scene. You can see your copies of collections in the `Blender File` view of the Outliner e.g.

michael campbell commented

2020-01-20 21:16:11 +01:00

Ah ok, so it’s half finished at least. Cool 👍

Bastien Montagne commented

2021-10-01 12:34:22 +02:00

Think this was fixed by fixes for #87189 (Copy/pasting objects used in modifiers (or objects in collections used in modifiers) are not linked to the scene), will merge and close, thanks.

Bastien Montagne commented

2021-10-01 12:34:48 +02:00

Closed as duplicate of #87189

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2021-10-01 12:34:48 +02:00

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copy paste collections from one scene to another doesnt work. #73219