Connection between original mesh hierarcy and instance

Questions
#1

Hi

Is there a solid way to find each original mesh based on cloned mesh hierarchy created with mesh.instantiateHierarchy? Currently I am hacking it based on on instance mesh ID but I am afraid it will break over time:

const originalMeshId = instance.id.replace('instance of ', '');

Kind regards,
Tommi

#2

You could store it in the mesh.metadata as it is a free bag of data you can use for anything you want ???

#3

Hi

Thank you that is a good advice. Still I am concerned how I need to deduce the information like this:

instance.id.replace('instance of ', '')

I was wondering if instantiateHierarchy method stores or could store the original mesh ID to the cloned mesh for example in the mesh.metadata.

Kind regards,
Tommi

#4

You could flag all the nodes yourself in the callback: onNewNodeCreated?: (source: TransformNode, clone: TransformNode) when calling instantiateHierarchy

This way you can keep track of the information as you see fit ?

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#5

Oh, nice one, thank you!

-Tommi

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