Possible to create instances of a mesh with child-meshes?

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I need an object that consists of two poles with a picture between them. There are a few different pictures, and there can be multiple objects like this on the screen at once, so I thought of using instances.

I can’t seem to figure out if it’s possible to have a parent-mesh with a few child-meshes and then create instances of this complex mesh. I tried but I didn’t see the instances. I tried using TransformNode, but createInstance is not a method for this.

I tried creating the object(s) in Blender, but since the pictures can differ I think it’s more convenient to make some kind of object class, that creates it.

Just wondering what is the best option for this.

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Instances are only for the geometry so it does not duplicate the node hierarchy.

You have to clone/instanciate all members of the hierarchy

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Ok, I understand, but instancing an imported mesh, made in Blender, consisting of 2 separate poles does work.
There must be a way to do this with meshes that are created on the fly with BABYLON.MeshBuilder as well then?

UPDATE:
I found out how :slight_smile: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/mesh/mergeMeshes

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