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Questions tagged [instances]

Questions related to instancing. Instancing is used to duplicate many objects that are the same. Uses such as particles, Dupliverts.

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Confused about Linked Duplicates

Could someone enlighten me as to the difference between 'Relations>Make Single User' and 'Apply>Make Instances Real'? I think I'm super confused!
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How to turn a placed object into a collection instance?

I often use instances to create scenes. To reduce the load on the PC, when placing a single object repeatedly in several places, it is placed by duplicating it as an instance. However, the scene I am currently working on is in a state where a single…
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Is it possible to hide the instancer and only show instanced objects in render?

I have a question for you. I need to duplicate an object along a curve without deformation. Therefore I instance a plane along the curve. I made the cube a child of the plane and checked "Face" on the plane instancing setting. If I render the scene…
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What is the most efficient way to make instance real and joined

I have a setup, a very complex instancing, I simply want to Voxel Remesh this (sculpt) but if I use Make Real for instances, it will create bazillions instances, and I don't want that. I simply need a joined mesh based on the parented dupli…
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multiple instances of animated object

I created an animated object that consists of several pieces. now I would like to have multiple instances of it, but instead of them all being in sync I want to be able to manipulate the keyframes individually. I read about group instances, which…
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Apply Modifiers on Instanced Objects?

Is there a way to do this? For example, adding a subdivision modifier on the default cube then Alt+D to instance it. Going back to the first object, I'm unable to apply the modifiers. I know that there are other ways such as making the object single…
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Instance to Collection, Unhiding Objects

So I'm trying to mirror Collections, and the easiest and fastest way I found is just to make an Instance of that collection and -1 the scale. It works fine the only problem is that the objects inside the collection that are hidden in the instance…
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Is the instance of the instance B of a mesh A, considered to be the instance of mesh A, or an instance of Mesh B?

I have developed a habit of hitting shift+d to instance a mesh in a scene many times, except if I were to create 3 instances, I would instance the first mesh, then instance the instanced mesh, and the instance the instance of the instanced mesh My…
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move instanced objects relative to empty

I'm trying to move [instanced] objects up when I move an empty beneath them. Picture a 10 x 10 array of spheres. I want it to look like something is moving below them pushing them up as it moves. I don't want to deform the spheres, just move them. I…
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instances of the same object : any obvious way to "mark" them as such in the outliner?

I use Blender 2.8 and I know how to create several instances of the same object (alt+D). But, once created, all these instances are just listed as single objects in the outliner and need to be selected in edit mode to become "obvious". Is there…
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Toggle visiblity across instances

I have created a collection with one object in it. Then I added multiple collection instances of that collection to my scene. I would like to easily toggle the visibility of the object across all instances. Is this possible? When I toggle the…
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How would I select objects by number of verts or their volume?

Thanks for reading. I often import huge mechanical assemblies into blender. The assemblies contain hundreds of fasteners/screws/washers and I would like to instance these - to save memory. The first problem is that blender does not know that these…
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Hide instances outside of area

If I make a grid of 10x10 instances, and then draw a shape, how can I make the instances only appear within that shape? Instances are just made from collection instances. Nothing fancy, no arrays, no scatters, no particles. yet. In other software,…
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Make instances converge in geometry nodes

I'm working on a Draw Pencil tool to draw locks of hair using Geometry Nodes. Each strand is an instance juxtaposed along a Mesh Line with some degrees of randomization. What I can't seem to figure out is how to make the ends converge to one…
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Modify instance parameter before the instance on points node, based on the position

I'm trying to make a grass field, and make flowers bloom when a 'sun' approaches the ground. I have already solved the problem of making the grass taller and increasing the flower size, but I would like to add the blooming animation of the flower.…
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