hampuseh Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Hello! I have instances that I have stored point groups within. Is there a way to access the point groups without having to unpack the instances? I have to do this in 2 separate occasions and it does take quite some time to unpack. Edited February 28, 2019 by hampuseh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpe Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 well the processing advantage of an instance is that it's represented by a single point rather than full geometry. therefore you cannot access the geometry without loosing the advantage (unpacking it). you can transfer a group to packed geo, this group however must contain all the primitives/points, otherwise it's gonna end up empty when packed. it can be still useful to isolate different clusters of instances that's been formed before packing, for example. if you want to access groups for material/lights assignment, that can be done with Packed Edit SOP or with Stylesheets. those must be primitive groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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