dynamic unique instances

[phil1234]

hi everyone,

 

I need to load a mesh, and duplicate it, but with different materials, so createInstance(), seems a little bit limited in that case

 

also if I load a mesh with Append, it is added to the scene, but if I load a mesh with a Load, how do I append it to the scene ?

 

thanks

[iiceman]

is the .clone() method what you want?

 

http://doc.babylonjs.com/classes/2.1/Mesh#clone-name-newparent-donotclonechildren-rarr-mesh-classes-mesh-

[phil1234]

is the .clone() method what you want?

 

http://doc.babylonjs.com/classes/2.1/Mesh#clone-name-newparent-donotclonechildren-rarr-mesh-classes-mesh-

 

ok, but does it link the mesh automaticaly to the scene(graph) or do I have to do it  ?

[phil1234]

ok it does it automaticaly

[Vousk-prod.]

If you load a scene with Load, you'll then need to copy by hand every mesh/skeleton/etc from the resulting scene to your previous existing scene.

[phil1234]

If you load a scene with Load, you'll then need to copy by hand every mesh/skeleton/etc from the resulting scene to your previous existing scene.

yes, hence my question "how do I append it to the scene ?"

[Vousk-prod.]

Hmm ?? Hence my answer : to append it to the scene, you need to copy it from the resulting scene in the Load function to your "real" scene

Or maybe I don't understand your question

[JCPalmer]

Then use SceneLoader.Append() instead of SceneLoader.Load().

https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/blob/master/src/Loading/babylon.sceneLoader.ts#L139

 

Not sure what this has to with cloning though

[JCPalmer]

ok, cloning deep copies everything but the material & skeleton if there is one.  If you wish to clone the skeleton as well:

var myClone = origMesh.clone();if (origMesh.skeleton){    myClone.skeleton = origMesh.skeleton.clone("name", "id");}