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[Suggestion] Linked duplicates / elements
A way to duplicate elements that are a linked duplicate of another model, a linked duplicate would still be able to be rotated and flipped in their own way. but data such as uv maps, texture and shape/form couldnt be changed.
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/scene_layout/object/editing/duplicate_linked.html
Benefits of using linked duplicates:
- Ignored by template generator, eliminates extra step in template generation workflow where you have to remove one side of the model to avoid generating duplicates to templates that could be mirrored instead.
- Common structures or objects in a scene, such as: bolts, lights, leaves
- Blocks or other seamless patterns
- Optimization, linked duplicates dont require their own UV map, texture or shape/form data, since its linked from an already existing object.