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# Blender "Edit Instanced Collection" Addon
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An add-on for Blender that allows quickly editing Collection Instance source collections.
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This came about as the result of making Asset Library files that used Collection Instances to house multiple-Object assets.
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Upon importing them into another file, they would be seemingly uneditable, as Blender would link the Collection Instances to
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the current Scene, but not the Collection itself.
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Since it was a relatively reproducible process to find and link the Collections, I created this addon that allows quickly
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dropping in to edit the underlying Collection of a Collection Instance, and then dropping out.
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## To install
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Either install the ZIP file from the release or clone this repository and use the
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build_release.py script to build a ZIP file that you can install into Blender.
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## To Use
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1. Select a Collection Instance. (Selecting multiple Collection Instances is not supported.)
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2. Either from the Object menu or the spacebar/W context menu, select "Edit Instanced Collection", or use the hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+C)
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in Object Mode.
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3. You will be dropped into a newly-created Scene containing nothing but the Collection. Edit the collection, and your
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edits will be reflected in all instances of the Collection.
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4. Once you are done editing (ensure that all new objects are within the Collection) delete the temporary Scene (named
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"temp(name-of-collection)").
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You can drill down to multiple levels, though you will have to be sure to clean up any temporary Scenes and Worlds
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made by the addon (usually, using the Clean Up tools).
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