Rename

Rename materials, collections and other data...

Quick rename

Untitled

Double click on the 'slot name' to enable quick rename input box

Advanced rename

Advanced/batch rename & rename presets

Ctrl - LMB on the 'magnifying glass' icon to enable advanced/batch rename input box

Syntax:

{sort:<REVERSE><KEY>} - sorting key and order
    <REVERSE>: use minus sign (-) for reverse sort
    <KEY>: empty string or one of (name, obj, data, collection,
        p.x, p.y, p.z, s.x, s.y, s.z, d.x, d.y, d.z)
{id:<PADDING><START>:<STEP>} - index
    <PADDING>: any characters except minus (-), 0-9 and A-Z
    <START>: any number or english letter
    <STEP>: any non-zero number
{name} - name of the slot in the Batch panel
{scene} - name of the current scene
{obj}, {data}, {collection} - name of the matching object, its data or collection
Operations for name-like patterns (e.g. {name: <OP1>, <OP2>, ...}):
    Slice: <START>:<END>:<STEP> - extracts a substring
        See Python slicing notation for more details
    Find: <TARGET> - returns a matching substring
        Values in double quotes (") are treated as regular
        expressions, otherwise they are taken literally
    Replace: <TARGET>=<REPLACEMENT> - substring replacement
        Values are interpreted the same as in Find operation.

Examples:

{sort:name}, {sort:-name}, {sort:-}, {sort:p.x}
{id}, {id:1}, {id: 33}, {id:005:5}, {id:-9:-1}
{scene: ' '='', 2:-2:2}, {name: -10:, a=b}, {name: "[A-Z]", :7}, {obj: "\\\\W(\\\\w)\\\\W"="_\\\\1_"}

Slicing:

START:END:STEP
:STEP can be omitted (i.e. it's acceptable to write just START:END - in this case, STEP is assumed to be 1)

If START is empty, it's assumed to be the start of the string
If END is empty, it's assumed to be the end of the string

For START and END, the following logic applies:

if it is a non-negative number (≥ 0), it will be counted from the start of the string

Examples (assuming name is "abcdefg"):

{name: 2:} will remove 2 characters from the start of the name (result: "cdefg")
{name: :5} will remove all characters after the 5th (result: "abcde")
{name: 3:5} will result in the characters contained between the 3rd and the 5th characters of the name (result: "de")

if it is a negative number (< 0), it will be counted from the end of the string

Examples (assuming name is "abcdefg"):

{name: -2:} will remove all but 2 last characters (result: "fg")
{name: :-5} will remove all characters after the 5th from the end (result: "cdefg")
{name: -5:-3} will result in the characters contained between the 5th-last and the 3rd-last characters of the name (result: "cd")

alternatively, instead of a number, you can specify a sub-string that would be searched for

Examples (assuming name is "a!b<c!d>e!f"):

{name: !:} will find the first occurrence of ! and slice from there (result: "!b<c!d>e!f")
{name: :-!} will find the last occurrence of ! and slice up to that point (result: "a!b<c!d>e")
{name: !*2:} will find the second occurrence of ! and slice from there (result: "!d>e!f")
{name: :-!*2} will find the second-last occurrence of ! and slice up to that point (result: "a!b<c")

Examples (assuming name is "ab**cd**ef"):

{name: '**':} will find the first occurrence of ** and slice from there (result: "**cd**ef")
{name: '**'+3:} will find the first occurrence of ** and slice from 3rd character after that (result: "d**ef")
{name: '**'*2+1:} will find the second occurrence of ** and slice from 1st character after that (result: "*ef")
{name: '**'/:} will find the first occurrence of ** and slice from the end of the found substring (result: "cd**ef")
{name: '**'/*2-1:} will find the second occurrence of ** and slice from 1st character before the end of the found substring (result: "*ef")

A likely common use-case:

{name: :-.} will remove everything after the last dot (.), which in Blender is usually present when multiple objects have similar names with .001, .002, etc. suffix