Added blendScene family

openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/create/create_blendScene.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Create a Blender scene asset."""
+
+import bpy
+
+from openpype.pipeline import get_current_task_name
+from openpype.hosts.blender.api import plugin, lib, ops
+from openpype.hosts.blender.api.pipeline import AVALON_INSTANCES
+
+
+class CreateBlendScene(plugin.Creator):
+    """Generic group of assets"""
+
+    name = "blendScene"
+    label = "Blender Scene"
+    family = "blendScene"
+    icon = "cubes"
+
+    def process(self):
+        """ Run the creator on Blender main thread"""
+        mti = ops.MainThreadItem(self._process)
+        ops.execute_in_main_thread(mti)
+
+    def _process(self):
+        # Get Instance Container or create it if it does not exist
+        instances = bpy.data.collections.get(AVALON_INSTANCES)
+        if not instances:
+            instances = bpy.data.collections.new(name=AVALON_INSTANCES)
+            bpy.context.scene.collection.children.link(instances)
+
+        # Create instance object
+        asset = self.data["asset"]
+        subset = self.data["subset"]
+        name = plugin.asset_name(asset, subset)
+        asset_group = bpy.data.objects.new(name=name, object_data=None)
+        asset_group.empty_display_type = 'SINGLE_ARROW'
+        instances.objects.link(asset_group)
+        self.data['task'] = get_current_task_name()
+        lib.imprint(asset_group, self.data)
+
+        # Add selected objects to instance
+        if (self.options or {}).get("useSelection"):
+            bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = asset_group
+            selected = lib.get_selection()
+            for obj in selected:
+                if obj.parent in selected:
+                    obj.select_set(False)
+                    continue
+            selected.append(asset_group)
+            bpy.ops.object.parent_set(keep_transform=True)
+
+        return asset_group

openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/load/load_blend.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from openpype.hosts.blender.api.pipeline import (
 class BlendLoader(plugin.AssetLoader):
     """Load assets from a .blend file."""
 
-    families = ["model", "rig", "layout", "camera"]
+    families = ["model", "rig", "layout", "camera", "blendScene"]
     representations = ["blend"]
 
     label = "Append Blend"

openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/publish/extract_blend.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class ExtractBlend(publish.Extractor):
 
     label = "Extract Blend"
     hosts = ["blender"]
-    families = ["model", "camera", "rig", "action", "layout"]
+    families = ["model", "camera", "rig", "action", "layout", "blendScene"]
     optional = True
 
     def process(self, instance):

openpype/plugins/publish/integrate.py

@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ class IntegrateAsset(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 "mvUsdOverride",
                 "simpleUnrealTexture",
                 "online",
-                "uasset"
+                "uasset",
+                "blendScene"
                 ]
 
     default_template_name = "publish"

openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/blender.json

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
                 "camera",
                 "rig",
                 "action",
-                "layout"
+                "layout",
+                "blendScene"
             ]
         },
         "ExtractFBX": {