In Blender, we have 2 methods to duplicate objects. One is using Duplicate Objects, for another one, we can use Duplicate Linked. There are different between 2 kinds of duplication. We will show the difference in this video. Also, we will show how to duplication and instance object in Blender. All steps are showing below. Happy sharing and I hope this helps. More Blender Tutorial are available here.
How do you duplicate an object in Blender
We will use 2 methods to duplicate object with shortcut, Alt D vs Shift D. We can follow below steps to duplicate Objects.
1. Select object in Object Mode
2. Go to Object and choose Duplicate Objects (Shift D) or chose Duplicate Linked (Alt D)
Shift D vs Alt D in Blender
For using Shift D to duplicate objects, we can duplicate in geometry
For using Alt D to duplicate linked, we can duplicate objects with geometry and materials. Also, the duplicated objects will follow the original object after the original object edited.
Timestamp
0:00 Intro – How to duplicate object in Blender
0:14 How to add a cube
0:25 Options for duplicate object
0:37 Duplicate Object with Shift D
1:11 Duplicate Linked with Alt D
1:53 Alt D vs Shift D
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