Using Object Parent

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Can someone explain this feature when using blocks…

If i have a sphere and change its properties from layer material to " use object parent " then turn the sphere into a block. Does that mean the block inherits the spheres properties? And i cannot change the properties to the block itself?

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thanks!

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Hello- Normally, the sphere block instances will all have the same material - the one assigned to the sphere itself before blocking. If you set By Parent matertial, then each instance can have its own material and will disregard the material assigned to the underlying sphere object.

-Pascal

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Thank you for the clarification. In this example, what is the " Parent " . . ?

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The parent refers to the container of the object - in this case the block is the parent object containing the sphere object.

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thank you @aramon

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