Re: Instacing a model with different material

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Nicolas Gauvin (nicolas++at++cae.ca)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:21:05 -0400

On Aug 9, 10:33am, Byungsung Cho wrote:
> Subject: Instacing a model with different material
> Dear performers,
>
> I am trying to make several instances of the same model, but assign
> different colors on
> each instance. I want a model file loaded only one and make instances of
> the model node
> with different material. However, pfClone share geometry and thus does
> not work
> for my purpose. Since cloning do not work, I think I should copy the
> whole node.
> I looked up pfCopy on reference manual and it seems copy only the first
> level of references
> in addition to unabling to figure out how use the function in C++.
> Is there an easier way to copy a node including geometry?
>
>-- End of excerpt from Byungsung Cho

Try calling pfFlatten on a top parent node that has multiple instances as
children. pfFlatten will make multiple copies of instanced geometries for you.

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