Go to the display mode drop down and set it to blend file.Įxpand the materials folder and select the materials you want to become assets. But we can change the outliner view to make it possible. To select multiple objects in the outliner, click and drag with box select or use Shift + Click to select an entire range or hold CTRL and click to single out multiple assets.įor other kinds of data-blocks like materials it can be slightly trickier since we can't easily select multiple materials without also selecting the objects that use them.

You can add multiple assets at once simply by selecting multiple objects, right click and choose mark as asset. Related content: How to do Asset management in Blender If you're looking for a guide on how to manage assets in Blender prior to version 3.0, check out this article. More on this when we cover asset libraries. Then we will continue and cover the more advanced features like asset libraries and using multiple files to store and work with assets.Īn important thing to keep in mind is that you need to open the blend file that a certain asset originates from to make changes to that asset. We will start by looking at the basic operations like opening the asset browser, adding and removing assets and adding assets from the asset browser to the scene. Adding assets of different object types, organizing, and managing our assets and more. Through this article, we will cover the Asset Browser extensively.

Add the asset to your scene by drag and drop from the asset browser to the 3D viewport.

Add an asset by going to the outliner, right click an object and choose 'mark as asset'.

Open the asset browser by hovering an existing editor and press Shift+F1 once or twice.

Here is how to add assets to the asset browser and to your scene:

Making the process of adding assets to our scene as simple as dragging and dropping them in. The asset browser makes it much easier to access premade models, materials, worlds and animations. One of the newer features in Blender is a built-in Asset Browser that helps us organize and manage our assets.

Blender 2.93 asset browser