How To Import Another Blender File


2021-01-30 Blender Tips

GOAL

Today’s goal is to show how to import data from another blender file.

We can import .fbx, .obj and so on by “menu File>import”, but how can we import .blend file to current scene?

The way to import fbx file

I have 2 blender scene and want to import scene_from.blend to scene_to.blend directly.

Environment

Blender2.83(LTS)
Windows 10

Method

Click File>Append

Double click the scene you want to import. Then select what you want. In my case, I imported collection that contains all objects.

Result of “Append”

The objects in scene_from.blend is imported to scene_to.blend with their materials.

Supplement

Link

You can use File>Link too, but the result is different.

Result of “Link”

You can’t modify linked objects in scene_to.blend. If you’d like to modify the object, change the scene_from.blend.