What is the is the difference between object and data link for while creating materials?

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What is the difference between the two options provided when creating a material while using the blender render engine?

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related answer http://blender.stackexchange.com/q/32665/2217 — David, Aug 14 '15 at 21:53

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

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Borrowed from iKIsR from different question:

Linking a material to Data (to mesh specific data) is ideal when you want a mesh to always have the same material, while linking a material to an object is when you want to have different materials on objects that share the same mesh.

Short explanation: If connected to the object, you can have several instances of the same Data using different materials. If linked to mesh data, you can't.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

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answered Aug 14 '15 at 21:00

Jaroslav Jerryno Novotny

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You should add the link back to iklsr's answer. – David Aug 14 '15 at 21:59

What is the is the difference between object and data link for while creating materials?

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