1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/importer/obj_importer.cc b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/importer/obj_importer.cc
index f2051d195c8..bb32776d2be 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/importer/obj_importer.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/importer/obj_importer.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "BLI_map.hh"
 #include "BLI_math_vec_types.hh"
 #include "BLI_set.hh"
+#include "BLI_sort.hh"
 #include "BLI_string_ref.hh"
 
 #include "BKE_layer.h"
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ static void geometry_to_blender_objects(Main *bmain,
   /* Don't do collection syncs for each object, will do once after the loop. */
   BKE_layer_collection_resync_forbid();
 
+  /* Sort objects by name: creating many objects is much faster if the creation
+   * order is sorted by name. */
+  blender::parallel_sort(
+      all_geometries.begin(), all_geometries.end(), [](const auto &a, const auto &b) {
+        const char *na = a ? a->geometry_name_.c_str() : "";
+        const char *nb = b ? b->geometry_name_.c_str() : "";
+        return BLI_strcasecmp(na, nb) < 0;
+      });
+
   /* Create all the objects. */
   Vector<Object *> objects;
   objects.reserve(all_geometries.size());