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      alz
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      Is there a way to run a search on the scene and select all objects called <something>? I could use the "Expand" option in the Component Browser, but with a 1000 objects, it gets pretty sluggish.

      Also, I thought I saw this somewhere awhile ago -- it was a Component Browser that acted like a Windows Browser (with back,forward,up,down,etc.). But I can't remember where I saw that. It isn't east with the current Component Browser to quickly navigate through several sub-directories. I typically have to pop back to the top and drill back down if I get lost.

      😄

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        herodes
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        Go to menu Window > Outliner

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          RickW
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          When you want to select all instances of a component you can see, use Instances. You simply right-click on the component and choose "Select all instances" from the context menu. All instances of the component will be selected (including nested instances).

          If you have a lot of components, this can be faster than trying to find the component in the Component Browser and using right-click>Select instances.

          RickW
          [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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            alz
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            I've been using the Instances plugin (it's reallly nice)

            I have a lot of objects hidden inside of other objects, however. So trying to figure out where a hidden sub-component is (without navigating through the scene and unhiding components or expanding all the Outliner groups and searching) could be done via the "Expand" option in the Component Browser "In Model" if it didn't gray out "Select Instances" on sub-components.

            Sounds like no one's come up with a way to do a text-string search to select all (sub)instances.

            😕

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              RickW
              last edited by

              There is a way, I think. Just a matter of time...

              RickW
              [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                alz
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                @alz said:

                Also, I thought I saw this somewhere awhile ago -- it was a Component Browser that acted like a Windows Browser (with back,forward,up,down,etc.). But I can't remember where I saw that. It isn't east with the current Component Browser to quickly navigate through several sub-directories. I typically have to pop back to the top and drill back down if I get lost.

                BTW, I remembered where I saw this:
                http://wiki.renderplus.com/index.php?title=Select_Component

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