My blender projects are technical in nature and involve potentially hundreds of linked objects that are located in relative file locations. When I first play around with ideas in a new file it eventually matures into a working project. When this happens I need to move that file into a more appropriate location in my project repository. All my linked object dependencies live in a properly sorted place, but the main project file itself usually does not and needs to move to its new home.
If I were to simply move the file to a new location, all linked objects become broken. This can be devastating due to so many linked objects in the file. Since it is technical nature, reimporting these objects manually can create improper placement which in turn can cause real-life problems and may cost me real money.
I’ve been living with this problem for some time. I’ve worked around this problem in ugly ways but lately the problem has gotten out of hand. Being unable to move blender files is driving me crazy!
You can do File->Save As, and in the save file options on the left side choose Remap Relative… or
File->Eternal Data->Make All Paths Absolute.(and save) Then you can pick the file up and move it using your file manager.
Also in File->External Data is Find Missing Files. Though I’ve never used it and can’t vouch for how it works.
Under “File” - “External data” - you can check “Automatically Pack into .blend”
That is what I do. I have alway this checked so that I can move my .blend files as I want.
wilnix, that is a great option usually, except it won’t work with linked assets. It’ll either break the links, or won’t pack them(not sure which), but the reason to link an asset is so that it always points back to the original asset, which is probably shared with other files.
