HierarchyCopy

The HierarchyCopy node takes a scene graph location - or locations - and copies to a given destination location or locations.

Note:  The HierarchyCopy node copies not just the source locations but all attributes pertaining to those source hierarchies, resulting in a potentially slow operation.

Connection Type

Connection Name

Function

Input

in

The place in the node graph where you want to copy the scene graph location(s) to a destination in the scene graph.

 

Control (UI)

Default Value

Function

pruneSource

No

When set to Yes, the source location, or locations, are pruned from the recipe.

copies

sourceLocation

N/A

The scene graph location of the hierarchy to copy.

For more information, refer to the Scene Graph Location Widget Type in the Common Parameter Widgets.

destinationLocations

N/A

The scene graph location under which the copy - or copies - are created. The destinationLocations parameter options are available by clicking Add Locations or dropdown menu.

For more information, refer to the Scene Graph Location and Locations Widget Types in Common Parameter Widgets.

makeNumberedCopies

No

When set to Yes, the scene graph locations created are sequentially numbered, and the option to make more than one copy is enabled.

makeNumberedCopies:Yes

numCopies

1

When makeNumberedCopies is set to Yes, sets the number of copies to create.