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Apply to All Duplicates—
Treats all subsequent
incoming objects with duplicate name s the same
way you specified for the current object. No
further alerts will appear. This option is not
available if you renamed the current object.
Cancel—Cancels the merge operation.
Material Name Conflicts
When one or more materials assigned to incoming
objects have the same name as materials in the
scene, an alert gives you the following options:
Rename Merged Material—Define s the name for
incoming material.
Use Mer ged M ater ia l—Assigns the characteristics
of the incoming materials to the same-named
scene materials.
Use S cene Mater ia l—Assigns the characteristics of
the scene materials to the same-named incoming
mater ials.
Note: Only top-level material names (not
sub-materials) are checked for duplicates.
Auto R ena me M erged M ater ia l—Automatically
renames the incoming materials to new names.
Uses Material number names based on the next
available Material number .
Apply to All Duplicates—Treats all subsequent
incoming Materials with duplicate names the same
way you specified for the current object.
Parent Name Conflicts
When you merge an object that’s linked to a
parent object in a source scene, and an object of
the same name as the orig ina l parent exists in the
current scene, the Merge File dialog (page 3–465)
opens, giving you the option to re-create the same
hierarchy.
See also
Merge Animation (page 3–466)
Merging Effects (page 3–220)
Open (page 3–387)
Replace (page 3–470)
Procedures
To merge items:
This is the genera l procedure. Detailed steps
follow.
1. Choose File > Merge.
2. Selectafilefromwhichtomergeitems.
3. Choose a group or an item to merge.
To specify object ty pes to lis t, do a ny of the fol lowing:
• Displayorhidethesubtree. Ifthesubtreeis
not displa y ed, you can sort items in the list
alphabetically or by type or color.
• Select the object types that you want displayed
in the list box.
• ClickAllorNonetoselectorclearallofthe
object types.
To select objects to merge, do any of the following:
• Enterthenameofanitem,orusewildcard
characters to specify multiple items that share a
set of characters in their names.
• Click to select sing le objects.
•Press
Ct rl and click to add and remove single
objects from the selection.
•Press
Shi f t and click to select all objects
between the previously selected object and the
current object.
• Click All or None to select or deselect the entire
list.
• Click and drag to select items to merge from
the list on the lef t.