Is there a easy why to Duplicates my own custom asset, if i want the same chair in another colors in my custom asset

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Hi

Is there a easy why to Duplicates my own custom asset, if i want the same chair in another colors in my custom asset.

I am working on a project, where i am going to use chairs in different colors,

is there something i can do to make a duplicate of an asset i already made and then change the color of the object.

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You canā€™t easily duplicate assets at this point. Thereā€™s a complicated workaround by doing it manually inside the asset project but itā€™s tedious.

Consider adding your support to this feature request, so that duplicating assets for material variations would become unnecessary: RE: Changing materials

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Hi Pieter

I have added my support to the feature request. :thumbup:

You say that there is a tedious way. do you know where i can learn about that way? Because at the moment i canā€™t find original OBJ model i did use. I there a channel on this forum, that explain it?

Thanks

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You will need an archive editor that can edit archived (so not winzip). I recommend the free and open source 7zip program

  1. Locate the Asset Project in windows explorer and Duplicate it
  2. Generate a new GUID on https://www.guidgenerator.com/
  3. Replace the long number at the end of the copied project with the new GUID (make sure to remove ā€œcopyā€ at the end)
  4. Right click the project ā†’ 7zip ā†’ open archive
  5. Delete output.zip
  6. Right click ā€œprojectinfo.jsonā€ ā†’ edit
  7. Replace the GUID with the newly generated GUID
  8. CTRL+S (save)
  9. Close (7zip will ask whether you want to save changes, say ā€œyesā€)
  10. Open the asset library, go to custom, click the + sign to load the asset editor
  11. Load the duplicated project using ā€œOpen Projectā€, make edits, generate thumbnail and click ā€œGenerate Assetā€

Tedious, as you can see :wink:

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Thanks for the above guide. My only question isā€¦

Enscape, can you just build a button real quick, please?? :slight_smile:

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6 months, and no button. I donā€™t even know how to code and Iā€™m sure I could figure it out.

EDIT: Checking in 9/27/2023. No change.

EDIT: Checking in 4/7/2025. No change.

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Do you know how to script this? Maybe python + 7zip package?

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Itā€™s definitely possible but I donā€™t have the time for it atm. I am still hoping enscape will expand the ā€˜overrideable assetsā€™ system to custom assets and then there would be little need to duplicate assets.

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This would be a nice feature to add