Using BATCH to create KPACK INSERTS from scene objects
Added 2023-09-17 09:56:10 +0000 UTCA few questions came up from users on how to convert objects in a scene file to KIT OPS KPACKS using KIT OPS BATCH.
Awhile back, we added a secret prefs mode to enable this feature, and some have missed it. Here's a quick video showing how to do this quickly. BTW, Batch can also create thumbnails from existing files, as well as a host of other features, including just exporting .blend files from all objects in a scene.
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Thanks a lot Chipp, much appreciated! :)
Anton Grandert
2023-10-14 08:44:19 +0000 UTCThere are lots of advantages. For one you can't group assets and then access them via the asset browser. You also can't have boolean cutters in the asset browser. This means you can't have assemblies including a cutter and other objects, for instance a whole and a bolt head as an asset. You can't add materials to specific slots from the asset browser. You can't reposition objects while snapping to faces edges or vertices in the asset browser. You literally have no control over the thumbnail image in the asset browser. There is no smart mode where you can replicate or mirror about the target in the asset browser. Not to mention you can add/create inserts with a more streamlined workflow than the asset browser. I'm creating a video that will go over all this.
Chipp Walters
2023-10-11 23:56:15 +0000 UTCSo maybe I would need to study this a more, but a question that pops up, what is the main difference and benefit using this workflow rather than marking the objects as assets and get them via the asset browser?
Anton Grandert
2023-10-11 21:23:19 +0000 UTCokay, I guess I know which app will be next in my Kitops Suite Completion Quest! I'm wondering, tho, has someone tried KO batching sets from Kitbash3D? It would be a good alternative to the nightmare known as Cargo for Blender users, at least.
Quincey Forder
2023-10-02 13:00:20 +0000 UTCThank you Chipp missed that feature.
Uwe Bröckert
2023-09-19 21:54:16 +0000 UTC
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