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  • Published 3 Oct 2020

Simpler, more intuitive copy/duplication of Materials

YMMV, but I find copying/duplicating Materials in Blender to be unintuitive, inconsistent with established Blender methods, and just kinda stupid .

There is no RMB context menu on Materials with COPY in it: that would be the method The Entire Rest Of The World might expect. Nor does selecting a Material and hitting SHIFT+D generate a duplicate Material (and slot), which is what a Blender user might expect.

While there are methods for copying Material settings, they are not OBVIOUS, so adding either or both of the methods would make Blender more user friendly. Keep ye Olde Methods, but add something that is simple. Obvious is Good, unless you are trying to write software that is only for the cultish few.

(And if "Copy Data Path" is it, then WTF? Did aliens write that? Seriously, just put in a g.d. "Copy".)

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jeric_synergy
3 Oct 2020

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ChrisGraz

Enable the "Material Utilities" addon. Blender comes with a lot of very powerful addons, but you´re right many of these features should be enabled by default.

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jeric_synergy Author

* @ChrisGraz * , thanks, I'll have a look.

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