Relations

Mode

Object Mode

Menu

Object ‣ Relations ‣ Make Single User

Makes the selected or all object data-blocks single users, that is, not shared (linked) between other objects in the blend-file.

Additionally, it can also make single-user copies of its dependencies, like meshes, curves, materials, animations…

Type

These actions work on the selected objects, or on all the objects of the scene.

All, Selected Objects

Data-blocks

Lets you, in addition to the menu predefined selection, choose the type of data-blocks individually.

Object, Object Data, Materials, Textures, Object Animation

See also

Reference

Mode

Object Mode

Menu

Object ‣ Relations ‣ Transfer Mesh Data

The Data Transfer tool transfers several types of data from one mesh to another. Data types include vertex groups, UV maps, vertex colors, custom normals…

Transfer works by generating a mapping between source mesh’s items (vertices, edges, etc.) and destination ones, either on a one-to-one basis, or mapping several source items to a single destination one by interpolated mapping.

Transfers data layer(s) from active to selected meshes.

Freeze Operator

Prevent changes to settings to re-run the operator. This is useful if you are editing several settings at once with heavy geometry.

Data Type

Which data to transfer.

Data types.

Create Data

Add data layers on destination meshes if needed.

Vertex Mapping

Method used to map source vertices to destination ones. Because the options change depending on the Data Type options are explained in Vertex Mapping below.

Topology

The simplest option, expects both meshes to have identical number of items, and match them by order (indices). Useful e.g. between meshes that were identical copies, and got deformed differently.

One-To-One Mappings

Those always select only one source item for each destination one, often based on shortest distance.

Vertices

• Nearest Vertex

  Uses source’s nearest vertex.

  Nearest Edge Vertex

  Uses source’s nearest vertex of source’s nearest edge.

  Nearest Face Vertex

  Uses source’s nearest vertex of source’s nearest face.

Edges

• Uses source’s edge which vertices are nearest from destination edge’s vertices.

  Nearest Edge

  Uses source’s nearest edge (using edge’s midpoints).

  Nearest Face Edge

  Uses source’s nearest edge of source’s nearest face (using edge’s midpoints).

Face Corners

A face corner is not a real item by itself, it’s some kind of split vertex attached to a specific face. Hence both vertex (location) and face (normal, …) aspects are used to match them together.

• Nearest Corner and Best Matching Normal

  Uses source’s corner having the most similar split normal with destination one, from those sharing the nearest source’s vertex.

  Nearest Corner and Best Matching Face Normal

  Uses source’s corner having the most similar face normal with destination one, from those sharing the nearest source’s vertex.

  Nearest Corner of Nearest Face

  Uses source’s nearest corner of source’s nearest face.

Faces

• Nearest Face

  Uses source’s nearest face.

  Best Normal-Matching:

  Uses source’s face which normal is most similar with destination one.

Interpolated Mappings

Those use several source items for each destination one, interpolating their data during the transfer.

Vertices

• Nearest Edge Interpolated

  Uses nearest point on nearest source’s edge, interpolates data from both source edge’s vertices.

  Nearest Face Interpolated

  Uses nearest point on nearest source’s face, interpolates data from all that source face’s vertices.

  Projected Face Interpolated

  Uses point of face on source hit by projection of destination vertex along its own normal, interpolates data from all that source face’s vertices.

Edges

Face Corners

A face corner is not a real item by itself, it’s some kind of split vertex attached to a specific face. Hence both vertex (location) and face (normal, …) aspects are used to match them together.

• Nearest Face Interpolated

  Uses nearest point of nearest source’s face, interpolates data from all that source face’s corners.

  Projected Face Interpolated

  Uses point of face on source hit by projection of destination corner along its own normal, interpolates data from all that source face’s corners.

Faces

• Projected Face Interpolated

  This is a sampling process. Several rays are cast from the whole destination’s face (along its own normal), and if enough of them hit a source’s face, all hit source faces’ data are interpolated into destination one.

Further Options

Auto Transform

Automatically computes the transformation to get the best possible match between source and destination meshes.

This allows to match and transfer data between two meshes with similar shape, but transformed differently. Note that you’ll get best results with exact copies of the same mesh. Otherwise, you’ll likely get better results if you “visually” make them match in 3D space (and use Object Transform) instead.

Object Transform

Only Neighbor Geometry

Source elements must be closer than given distance from destination one.

• Max Distance

  Maximum allowed distance between source and destination element (for non-topology mappings).

Ray Radius

Width of rays. Useful when ray casting against vertices or edges.

Mix Mode

How to affect destination elements with source values.

• All

  Replaces everything in destination (note that Mix Factor is still used).

  Above Threshold

  Only replaces destination value if it is above given threshold Mix Factor. How that threshold is interpreted depends on data type, note that for Boolean values this option fakes a logical AND.

  Below Threshold

  Only replaces destination value if it is below given threshold Mix Factor. How that threshold is interpreted depends on data type, note that for Boolean values this option fakes a logical OR.

  Mix, Add, Subtract, Multiply

  Apply that operation, using mix factor to control how much of source or destination value to use. Only available for a few types (vertex groups, vertex colors).

Mix Factor

How much of the transferred data gets mixed into existing one (not supported by all data types).

Reference

Mode

Object Mode

Menu

Object ‣ Relations ‣ Transfer Mesh Data Layout

Transfers layout of data layer(s) from active to selected meshes.

Data Type

Which data to transfer.

Data types.

Exact Match

Also Delete some data layers from destination if necessary, so that it matches the source exactly.

Source Layers Selection

Which layers to transfer, in case of multi-layer types.

• Active Layer

  Only transfer the active data layer.

  All Layers

  Transfer all data layers.

Destination Layers Matching

How to match source and destination layers.

• By Name

  Match target data layers to affect by name.

  By Order

  Match target data layers to affect by order (indices).