Instancing support by using a simple "Duplicated Linked"

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Hey everone,

I came accross this topic :

By inspecting my USDA test file, I can confirm this way of instancing things works. Thank you :)

I even tested instancing using a static particles system (the old one with “Physics Type” setted to “None”, not with geometry nodes) and even if the instanced objects are not at the right place, I can see them !

But I also tested a simple “Duplicated link” (Alt+D) in Blender to share a shape between objects. And by inspecting the USDA File, I can see the mesh description twice. No instancing at all :)

Can you confirm it’s not implemented, yet ?

Thank you !

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Thanks for reporting this, @Francois_Grassard. I was able to reproduce and have opened an internal ticket for this bug. We will investigate this issue. We very much appreciate the feedback and testing!

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Thank you very much for your feedback !
All our 3D pipeline rely on USD, so all your work is really usefull for us.
You can count on me for a lot of feedback :)

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Hi guys !
Any update about this request ?

I download the lastest (November 8th) Blender USD Build here:

And it’s still not there AFAIK.

Thank you !

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Hi Francois,

Unfortunately this is not yet supported. The recommended experimental workflow is to use Collection Instancing through Empties.

Is your workflow very heavily using Duplicate Linked for your instancing method?