# Does a glb have to come in with a \_\_root\_\_ node?

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/does-a-glb-have-to-come-in-with-a-root-node/11663>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/does-a-glb-have-to-come-in-with-a-root-node/11663 "2020-06-13T13:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pryme8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pryme8/32/7212_2.png) [@Pryme8](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Pryme8)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/does-a-glb-have-to-come-in-with-a-root-node/11663/1 "2020-06-13T13:58:10Z")

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Would there be a way to tell the importer to skip the ` __root__ ` and just go up one level on the parsing? I am doing it manually at this point but which works, but I feel like its kinda unnecessary a lot of the time.

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**Author:** ![Deltakosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/deltakosh/32/26635_2.png) [@Deltakosh](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Deltakosh)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/does-a-glb-have-to-come-in-with-a-root-node/11663/2 "2020-06-15T16:50:31Z")

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We need it because it conveys the right to left hand conversion

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**Author:** ![Pryme8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pryme8/32/7212_2.png) [@Pryme8](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Pryme8)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/does-a-glb-have-to-come-in-with-a-root-node/11663/3 "2020-06-15T16:54:51Z")

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makes sense.