Append and Link file conflict #86691

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Graham Cripps · 2021-03-18T08:37:35+01:00

Graham Cripps commented

2021-03-18 08:37:35 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Download Linux Mint 20.1
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 580

Blender Version
Broken: 2.93 Alpha
Worked: Has never worked - to my knowledge

Short description of error

After Linking a collection from a Blender scene, anything from that scene, e.g. a material will not append correctly.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Start Blender. Select all the objects and move them (for clarity later). Select the cube and change its material to a blue color and change the material name to 'Blue'. Save As: Blue.blend.

Open a new scene and from the menu select File/Link. Select the scene Blue.blend and navigate to its collections, select the Scene Collection. The collection is linked - the collection can be moved, scaled or animated, but not edited, for example the Blue material cannot be changed - all is well.

Now from the menu select File/Append, and select the same Blue.blend scene, but this time navigate to materials and select the Blue material. The Blue material should have been appended - but all is not well. If you now select the cube (from the open scene, not the linked one) and try to put the Blue material on it, the settings for the material cannot be edited. If you try and append a material from any other Blender file, this does append correctly and can be edited.

My understanding is that an appended item should be 'in' the Blender scene and can be edited. But it appears that with an item from a scene that has already been linked something is preventing this from happening.

**System Information** Operating system: Download Linux Mint 20.1 Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 580 **Blender Version** Broken: 2.93 Alpha Worked: Has never worked - to my knowledge **Short description of error** After Linking a collection from a Blender scene, anything from that scene, e.g. a material will not append correctly. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Start Blender. Select all the objects and move them (for clarity later). Select the cube and change its material to a blue color and change the material name to 'Blue'. Save As: Blue.blend. Open a new scene and from the menu select File/Link. Select the scene Blue.blend and navigate to its collections, select the Scene Collection. The collection is linked - the collection can be moved, scaled or animated, but not edited, for example the Blue material cannot be changed - all is well. Now from the menu select File/Append, and select the same Blue.blend scene, but this time navigate to materials and select the Blue material. The Blue material should have been appended - but all is not well. If you now select the cube (from the open scene, not the linked one) and try to put the Blue material on it, the settings for the material cannot be edited. If you try and append a material from any other Blender file, this does append correctly and can be edited. My understanding is that an appended item should be 'in' the Blender scene and can be edited. But it appears that with an item from a scene that has already been linked something is preventing this from happening.

Graham Cripps commented

2021-03-18 08:37:35 +01:00

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