Folks, with all due respect, and trying not to heat up the conversation, I'd like to express my support for adp001.

This question of cloning objects is recurrent, and although solutions and workarounds already exist, there is certainly always room for improvement. There is still the issue of effective instancing etc...

I particularly use commercial solutions for modeling, texturing and others. But it's my preference, as I've learned and got used to that workflow, and it's still within my budget for the time being (which I hope to be able to maintain for some time to come).
Despite this, I think it's incredible and I will never criticize initiatives such as the Blender Foundation, for example, which popularized access to impressive 3D creation tools.

One area where I use open source solutions a lot is in web development, and I am extremely thankful it exists.

I think Ken's comment could certainly have been more subtle and respectful as it enters a thread that only seeks to help people. And a thread like this takes a lot of time for those who are participating / contributing. Especially the insertion of links and promotional images, as I doubt that everyone here reading this matter has not already known your solution.

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