Batch Rename tool has very poor usability

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Hi, sorry, if I’m asking in a wrong place, but couldn’t find answer anywhere else on the web.

When batch renaming - is there a way to have first object like (example) object.001, object.002 and not object, object.001, object.002…? Everytime the first renamed object is without numbering and I cant find solution for this

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Are you talking about the official Batch Rename tool or the addon I’ve made?

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The built in Batch renamer tool in Blender, sorry

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I have no clue… You can do it easily with my addon, but I don’t even know where to begin to achieve that with Blender’s native batch rename, because there doesn’t seem to be any number padding feature.

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Thank you, will try it

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Just set the name as “object.001”.

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Wow, it realy works, didnt know that. Thank you!

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I agree that an option should be exposed – the default doesn’t necessarily have to change, but the option to change should be easily accessible.

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That batch rename panel is alot more intuitive, nice. I like the batch renaming feature, but yes, the UX could be minimized and improved, also with some advanced options.

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You can also try Viewport Rename addon – minimal UI and all necessary features. As of the 2.8 version you can even search and replace parts of the names interactively by using the operator panel.

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That’s the way huhuh huhuh I like it huhuh.

No popups, everything in one place. It’s all there.

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Any news on this? It’s really concerning that Batch Rename is a relatively new feature and is already left to rot in such a poor state. The multiple fundamental issues remain:

  • A simple Batch Rename tool in a user-centric (not developer-centric) 3D software should not have any learning curve, which requires reading documentation or searching Google prior to first successful use of it.
  • Average 3D artist (notice the word artist, not programmer) should not be required to know such advanced scripting concept as Regular Expression to use such essential tool successfully.
  • Successful use of the tool without using RegEx is very difficult, in some cases impossible
  • Average simple renaming task takes way too many button clicks

This tool is definitely not on par with usability standards strived for since 2.8

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Personally, I’d mostly like to see rename presets.
If you have created a regex or a setup of remove/replace,… whatever, that is more complex but is often needed then a preset save option would be very beneficial.
Often times I need to load in many objects at one and then do a rename procedure that is the same over and over again. But there are several variations over which kinds of objects I load in.
In that case it would save a lot of time in the long run to just preset the few versions and then use as fit.

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