Stop rebuilding variation scenes by hand — and forget the render checklist too.

THE PROBLEM

Product-configurator scenes — a watch with different straps, dials and colours, furniture finishes, packaging variants — mean toggling collections by hand, setting up a View Layer for every combination, and hoping you did not forget one before hitting render. At 3 straps × 4 colours that is already 12 render passes to build and check manually.

THE SOLUTION

1. Variant Groups — group the collections that are alternatives of each other (Strap, Dial, Colour…).
2. Build Variant Matrix — one click generates a correctly configured, correctly named View Layer for every possible combination.
3. Render All Combinations — batch-render every combination straight to disk, each file named after its combination.
4. Duplicate Collections — still there when you just need N named copies of a collection, fast.

WHY ADVANCED COLLECTION MANAGER

• Built for configurator and variation work: e-commerce renders, product visualisation, archviz material options.
• Zero geometry duplication for the matrix — View Layers point at your real collections and stay in sync when you edit them.
• Naming discipline built in: predictable names, predictable View Layers, predictable file names.
• Full preview of the generated names before you commit, one-click cleanup. Nothing is created by surprise.
• No scripting. Everything is click-and-type in the Scene properties panel.

REQUIREMENTS

Blender 4.2+ (tested up to 5.2) · Any render engine · GPL · Existing owners get V2 for free — re-download from your Superhive library.