Release Notes

2.1

Version 2.1 of the Simple Renaminghas been refactored and upgraded for Blender 4.2 and is available as an Extension.

Features

  • #175: The Simple Renaminghas been converted from an add-on to an Extension.
  • #185: Users can now reverse the sorting order.
  • #181: Added an option to enable or disable the Prefix/Suffix by Type panel.

Fixes

  • #187: Addressed an issue where selection was displayed in Bone renaming mode. This option is now correctly disabled in Bone renaming mode.
  • #178: Renaming Data is now consistent with other renaming targets.

2.0

This is the first Blender Market Release. This release includes a major restructuring of the code base and, most notably, introduces support for Blender 4.0.

Features

  • #141: Numerate by Axis Order.
  • #159: Added documentation link for user guidance and reference.
  • #153: UI Update: Added a warning that selection for Collections is only effective from the Outliner.
  • #151: UI Enhancement: Added links to other addons/stores for improved branding.
  • #149: UI Improvement: Added a direct link to settings from the UI Panel for easier access.
  • #114: UI Refinement: Improved the renaming target selection dropdown for better user experience.
  • #147: Code Update: Rewrote code related to hotkey assignment and registration for enhanced performance and reliability.

Fixes

  • #152: Fixed an issue with category renaming.
  • #150: Removed FaceMaps renaming feature, as it is no longer supported in Blender 4.0.
  • #148: Addressed Attribute renaming issues for Blender 4.0 compatibility.
  • #146: Corrected an issue where some objects were selected unintentionally.
  • #144: Fixed the numeration of Mesh Data to ensure accuracy.
  • #130: Resolved a bug causing key bindings to reset to default after restarting Blender.

1.6.2

Features

  • #124: Add support for renaming particle systems.

1.6.1

Features

  • #121: Only rename Actions used by selected objects.

1.6.0

Features

  • #112: Support UV Maps, Facemaps, Color Attributes, Attributes.
  • #62: Support vertex group renaming.
  • #106: Renaming Variables: add object data.
  • #70: Use selection order for object renaming.
  • #99: Expose Renaming Panel to the Outliner.
  • #69: Renaming selected collections (only works in outliner).
  • #120: Properties panel: delete simple UI and reorganize buttons.
  • #119: Reorganize Preferences.

1.5.3

Fixes

  • #101: Numerate is broken!
  • #98: Numerate variable and regular numerate behave differently!
  • #103: Category Renaming isn't working properly.

1.5.2

  • Performance improvement for operations affecting a lot of items to rename.
  • Improve stability for renaming bones, especially in Edit Mode.

Fixes

  • #85: Numerate on bones not working!
  • #84: Can't rename font and metaballs!
  • #93: 'Rename All' does not work in Edit Bone Mode!

1.5.1

  • Improve stability of renaming bones. Bones can now be renamed in edit mode.

Fixes

  • #74: Auto Updater is back!
  • #72: Changing the properties panel category from the user preferences works now properly!
  • #80: The renaming variable @c contains the object collections!
  • #78: Specify numerate digits and start in the preferences.

1.5.0

  • [NEW] Auto Updater is back!
  • [NEW] Changing the properties panel category from the user preferences works now properly!
  • [NEW] The renaming variable @c contains the object collections!
  • [NEW] Specify numerate digits and start in the preferences.
  • [Fix] Blender console warning for “doesn’t contain ‘PT’ with prefix & suffix”.

[1.4.1] blender 2.8x

  • [Fix]: Renaming only selected Bones in Object mode shows now an info that selected bones can only be renamed in object mode.
  • [Fix]: Improved Error handling.
  • [Fix] Duplicate popup window is not shown in the tools panel anymore.

1.4.0

  • [NEW] Feature: Introduction of the powerful renaming variables.
  • [NEW] UI: Toggle between simple and advanced UI.
  • [NEW] Presets for rename by type.
  • [NEW] Search and select for Object renaming.
  • [Fix] Bone renaming in Pose mode.

1.3.1

  • [NEW] UI: User Defined Hotkeys.
  • [NEW] UI: Add additional options to the User Preferences of the addon.

1.3.0b Blender 2.80 Beta

  • [NEW] UI: The simple renaming panel is now part of the properties panel.
  • [NEW] UI: The panel uses for big parts the single column layout.
  • [NEW] The codebase was updated to fit the new requirements of blender 2.80.
  • [NEW] The new blender 2.80 specific object types are supported (e.g., grease pencil, lightprops). Groups and Layers have been removed from the addon.
  • [NEW] An option to provide more control over which object type is affected by the renaming action was added.
  • [NEW] It is possible to rename selected bones (Thanks to Cube Creative).

1.3.0a Blender 2.80 Alpha

  • [DELETED] Renaming of Collections.
  • [DELETED] Renaming of Render Layers.
  • [DELETED] UI Popup.
  • [CHANGED] Tool panel to Properties panel.
  • [FIXED] This addon can't be installed from the zip file.

[1.2.0] blender 2.79

  • [NEW] Renaming works now in different modes: object, material, image texture, group, data and bone.
  • [NEW] Change the tool shelf category of the add-on in the preferences.
  • [NEW] Added a match case checkbox has been added to search and replace.
  • [NEW] A simple and well organized information panel lists which objects have been renamed and includes some additional information.
  • [NEW] Not only suffixes, but also prefixes can be added by object type.
  • [CHANGED] Suffix by type has been renamed to type suffix and prefix panel and is now part of the main panel.
  • [NEW] Surfaces, cameras, lights and bones have been added to the type suffix and prefix panel.
  • [UPDATED] Auto updater 1.0.3.
  • [FIX] A lot of minor bugs have been fixed.

1.0.1

  • [NEW] The possibility to give the objects a new name has been added.

1.0.0

First official release.