Exporting Groups

Since release of GroupPro 3.0, groups are now represented as empty mesh object + Instance modifier. This mean exporting of groups changed:

  1. FBX export won't work with new, instance modifier based groups directly. Instead, you use Dissolve, to split grouped objects, into empties based hierarchy (or flat one if you choose so). After export is done, you can undo the dissolve to restore the original groups.

Dissolve Group Use: MaxDept: 0, Use Empties Hierarchy: True

  1. Alembic - works ok with new mesh groups. Alembic will automatically use mesh child-parent relations, to recreate nested group hierarchy,
  2. USD - works ok. Exported group will automatically use empties child-parent hierarchy