Collections & Modifiers

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Hi there,

I have a scene with multiple meshes. I’d like to keep them separated but treat them as a whole and apply some modifiers to them. I thought I could move them into a collection hoping maybe I can apply the modifiers to the entire collection?
What would be the best way to approach this?

Thanks

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The answer is no

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You can run a macro which does this:
*You select an object

  • Macro does shfit + G, to select all objects in the same collection
    *Apply modifier to active object
    *Copy modifer to other objects
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Thank you, @mrgesy

The problem is that by copying the modifier to the other objects I assume they will all being affected by the modifier as individual objects, not as a whole.

I guess the only way to do this is to join all the meshes.

Example:

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Which actually is a group of boxes:

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Simply grouped and with a couple of modifiers:
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What exactly do you want to use this for? Deformation modifier to deform all the meshes? You could keep them separate and use an empty probably to deform them

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I’ve updated the my reply above with some screenshots.

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I believe you can use the simple deform modifier on all objects with Axis,Origin as a helper in the center of all objects. Use alt +drag slider to control all modifiers at once.

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Thanks, I’ll try that.
The screenshot above was just meant to show the principle, but I might end up using different modifiers.
For instance, I’m considering a lattice. If it gets tricky I think I’ll have to join the meshes.

Thanks for the ideas.