Merger - Your Tool for Simplifying Complex Blender Scenes

Andrew Luzhetskyi in Modeling


The biggest update since 1.0

Two new tools, a rebuilt Merge and a redesigned panel. Everything below is new since 1.0.7. Free for everyone who owns Merger.

✨ New: Twins Finder

  • Find Twins finds every identical copy of the selected mesh, by its shape, never by its name.
  • Find All Twins finds every group of identical copies at once, with a progress bar. Press Esc to cancel.
  • Link Object Data and Link All Twins make copies share one mesh, so the file gets lighter and editing one copy edits them all.
  • Merge Twins and Merge All Twins join copies into one mesh instead.
  • Almost identical with a Tolerance slider also catches copies that were exported a little differently.
  • Keep twins in place keeps each copy's position and rotation when it is linked, mirrored copies included.
  • Target (Scene, Collection or Hierarchy) chooses where to search.
  • Color each group gives every group of linked copies its own color.

🧩 New: Parts Finder

  • Identify Parts finds the separate parts inside one mesh and gives each its own material, ready for texturing.
  • Group identical parts gives identical (and nearly identical) parts one shared material.
  • Smart part detection also splits parts that are joined where they touch.
  • Welding (Merge by Distance first) joins loose faces from glTF and STEP imports and keeps their shading.

🔧 Merge, improved

  • Color each part: every original part keeps its own material after a merge, so you can still select or texture it. Identical parts share one.
  • Deepest groups only for Merge by Group merges just the lowest groups and keeps the rest of the hierarchy.
  • Merged results now take the exact name of their Empty or collection, without ".001".

🎨 Redesigned panel

  • Every action sits in its own box, with its options right under its button.
  • New icons, clearer labels, and short hints when a button needs a selection.
  • Preferences for the matching tolerances and the confirmation dialogs.
  • Delete Unused Empties is now called Delete Childless Empties.

⚡ Fast on big scenes

  • Scenes with thousands of objects scan in seconds, and Blender stays responsive while it scans.

Updating from 1.0.x

Installed through Superhive in Blender? Open Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions and press Update next to Merger.

Installed the ZIP yourself? Download 1.9.1 from your Superhive Orders page and install it the same way (Get Extensions > Install from Disk, or drag the ZIP onto Blender). It replaces the old version.

The panel is in the 3D Viewport sidebar (press N), Merger tab.

Requires: Blender 4.5 or newer (tested on 4.5, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2)

Found a bug or want a feature? Please send me a message. I read every one. - Andrew

$12

Have questions about this product?
Login to message

Details
Blender Extension Compatible Yes
Sales 80+
Rating
11 ratings
Dev Fund Contributor
Published over 1 year ago
Blender Version 4.5 - 5.2
Extension Type Add-on
License GPL