How keep changes after Mesh → un-linking duplicate and resetting geometry to previous

When making mesh data independent from Duplicate Linked, if I change the geometry and then set again the mesh data to Cube.002 the change is undone and gets the same as the other linked geometry. How keep this change after linking again?
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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    Hi YYoakin ,

    If you Link the Mesh Data of one Object to another, then both Object use the same 'list of Vertices' Positions and how they are connected via Edges and Faces'.

    Here Suzanne uses the Mesh Data of the Cube:

    Mesh Data_01.png

    So you can't keep that change you want.

    You can Link other things, like Materials, so both Objects can look different (have there own Mash Data), but use the same Material.

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  • Dwayne Savage(dillenbata3) replied

    To keep the linked data and make it a copy you just need to click the number to the right of the the data name on the data tab of the properties editor. 

  • Omar Domenech replied

    If you want to keep the two meshes different, you don't have to link again, you have to keep them as individual, otherwise if you link, one will become the other. In other words, if you want both meshes to be the same, you link the, if you want them to be different, you don't have them linked. Linking will always make one object same as the other, since it is using the same data. 

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  • Yoakin replied

    i was meaning if i want to change both linked, but then un-link one but keep the changes

    but in that case would be just make a plain copy really

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    In that case, you can, for instance, just click this number:

    Link_02.png

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