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I do have some meshes under a Collection and I would like to put them into an Object Instancer while maintaining the original positions (it's a cartoon tree).

Can't find a way to do this.

Thanks!

Dimitri Paiva
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  • Try this: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/33706/how-to-duplicate-object-with-its-animation-then-relocate-rotate – cervidae May 22 '19 at 23:31
  • Instancing a Collection worked out. Not exactly the same workflow as the link, but it works. Now my objects maintain the original position. Thanks! – Dimitri Paiva May 23 '19 at 16:09

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You may use the Object Instancer node to instance a group of empties, then you can set their instance_type to COLLECTION and set their instance_collection to whatever collection you want. For instance:

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Omar Emara
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  • This is amazing. Thank you. If you have time, can you elaborate a bit more about this setup?

    I instance empties and then trough Object Attribute Output I define some parameters... but where come from those instance_types and instance_collection inputs? Why the instance_type text input needs to be uppercase?

    Thanks again!

     – Dimitri Paiva May 25 '19 at 19:03
  • @DimitriPaiva instance_types and instance_collection are just the names of the properties in the python API. Hover over any property and you will see its API name. In this case, I hovered over the properties in the Object->Instancing panel to know their names. Moreover, it being uppercase is also related to how it is defined in the API, string properties are uppercase by convention. – Omar Emara May 25 '19 at 19:39
  • Thanks @Omar. It was very helpful. Also, sorry about the delay. It has been tough weeks here. – Dimitri Paiva Jul 14 '19 at 13:57
  • what i get from instancing a colleciton here is an objects list. is it possible to get access to the child of an instance? Let's say I randomly instance a few collections all over my scene and my master collection has an empty. is it somehow possible to get the emptys world position within each collection? – Marten Zander Aug 09 '21 at 13:56