Creating an object as a reference/instance of another object

Hi, as I’m modeling, I want to be able to test a huge number of variations of my product. To do so, I’d like to make variations of specific parts of the product and view them side by side.

Currently, to do so, I copy objects. But that means that if I go back later and update one part that’s identical on each version of the model, I then have to copy it multiple times and place it precisely where all of the old ones were. That’s time-consuming and error-prone.

I would like to be able to create instanced copies of an object, so that all instances are updated to reflect the master object. Changing the master object should change all of the instanced children of that object.

Thanks, I love the product!

Hi,

This is what History Based Parametric Modeling does, feel free to try it in our open beta!