CollectScenes

Builds a scene by bundling multiple input scenes together, each under their own root location. Instead of using an array of inputs like the Group node, a single input is used instead, and a Context Variable is provided so that a different hierarchy can be generated under each root location. This is especially powerful for building dynamic scenes where the number of inputs is not known prior to building the node graph.

Since merging globals from multiple scenes often doesn’t make sense, the output globals are taken directly from the scene corresponding to rootNames[0].

user

Container for user-defined plugs. Nodes should never make their own plugs here, so users are free to do as they wish.

out

The processed output scene.

enabled

The on/off state of the node. When it is off, the node outputs the input scene unchanged.

in

The input scene

rootNames

The names of the locations to create at the root of the output scene. The input scene is copied underneath each of these root locations.

Often the rootNames will be driven by an expression that generates a dynamic number of root locations, perhaps by querying an asset management system or listing cache files on disk.

rootNameVariable

The name of a Context Variable that is set to the current root name when evaluating the input scene. This can be used in upstream expressions and string substitutions to generate a different hierarchy under each root location.

sourceRoot

Specifies the root of the subtree to be copied from the input scene. The default value causes the whole scene to be collected.

The rootName variable may be used in expressions and string substitutions for this plug, allowing different subtrees to be collected for each root name in the output.

Tip

By specifying a leaf location as the root, it is possible to collect single objects from the input scene.