Rename¶
Rename Active Item¶
Reference
- Menu
- Hotkey
F2
The Rename Active Item operator renames the active Bone, Node, Object and Sequence Strip.
When the operator is executed, a pop-up dialog appears. The text field shows the name of the current item and can be overwritten to rename the item. Return confirms the name while Esc cancels the operator.
Batch Rename¶
Reference
- Menu
- Hotkey
Ctrl-F2
The Batch Rename operator can rename many data-block names at once.
This uses a pop-up dialog with operations and their options to change the name.
These actions are applied in order, from first to last.
- Data Type
The data-block type to perform the batch rename operations on.
- Data Source
Where to look for the data-blocks that are intended to be renamed.
- Selected
Operates on the currently selected objects.
- All
Operates on all data in the blend file.
To the left of this option gives a readout on how many data-blocks are able to be renamed.
Operations¶
The Batch Rename has several sub Operations to change the data names. The default operation is Find/Replace however, other operations can be added to modify the data names farther.
Find/Replace¶
Find/Replace searches for a particular string in the names and optionally replaces it with a new string.
- Find
The string of text to look for in names.
- Replace
The string of text to replace for in matching names found from the Find string.
- Regular Expressions
Enables the use of Regular Expressions which are a powerful way to tailor the Find/Replace strings.
- Case Sensitive
Search results must match the Find string’s case exactly.
Set Name¶
Set Name works the most similar to Rename Active Item by renaming the current data-block without having to do a find and replace operation.
- Method
- New
Disregards the current name replacing it with the “new” name.
- Prefix
Adds text to the beginning of the current name. This is useful for tools that look for special text in the prefix of a data-block name.
- Suffix
Adds text to the end of the current name. This is useful for tools that look for special text in the suffix of a data-block name.
- Name
Defines the new name or the text to add as a prefix/suffix.
Strip Characters¶
Strip Characters cleans up names by removing certain character types from either the beginning or the end of the name.
- Spaces
Strips any space characters from the name, e.g. “Living Room ” becomes “Living Room”.
- Digits
Strips any numerical characters from the name, e.g.
cube.001becomescube..- Punctuation
Strips any punctuation characters (
,.?!:;etc.) from the name, e.g.cube?becomescube.
Tip
Multiple character types can be removed at once by Shift-LMB on the types.
- Start
Strips and any leading characters in the name.
- End
Strips and any trailing characters in the name.
Change Case¶
Change Case modifies the case of names to be on of the following:
- Upper Case
Changes all text to be in upper case, e.g.
cube.001becomesCUBE.001.- Lower Case
Changes all text to be in lower case, e.g.
CUBE.001becomescube.001.- Title Caps
Changes all text to be in title case, e.g.
living roombecomesLiving Room.