Re: Append function not working properly?

--- In [email protected], "Alex Cull" <alexjc38@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all, I've just come back to Blender, after not using it for a long 
> time & for some reason can't get the Append function to work. I tried 
> it with version 2.43, then went back to version 2.34, and it still 
> didn't work. 
> 
> I think I'm doing it right - SHIFT + F1 or click on "Append and Link" 
> from the File drop-down menu. This brings up the screen where I can 
> select what I want appended. Then I click on "Load Library" and the 
> screen goes back to my original file. However, I can't find what I've 
> just appended! 
> 
> This could just be me being dumb (and not for the first time!) Or is 
> this a problem anyone else is having with the later versions of 
> Blender? Or is it the fact I'm still using Windows ME? I'm sure Append 
> used to work all right...
> 
> Thanks in advance for any feedback!
> All the best,
> Alex
>

Hello Alex,

Have you checked all the layers? Maybe Blender is appending the new
objects into a different layer. Or maybe the size of the new objects
is very small or maybe they are placed very far from your point of
view. Check all these things.