This operation consolidates actors hierarchies into merged Static Mesh Actors, reducing the number of unique meshes in the scene to lower draw calls and simplify the scene hierarchy.

Key Features:

• Scene Hierarchy: Targets the lowest levels of the hierarchy (actors without grandchildren) for consolidation.
• Rhino blocks: Merges block instances.
• 3ds Max groups: Combines grouped actors.
• Revit families: Unifies family instances.
• Replaces repeated hierarchies with instanced copies, avoiding duplication of identical meshes.
• Reduces memory usage and improves performance by minimizing the number of unique meshes.

This operation is effective for both CAD-specific and general scenes, improving rendering efficiency and actor management.

Usage Guidelines

• Order of Operations: Run before Create Instances and Cluster Merge to to reduce actor count before instancing.
• Interface:
  • Hierarchies will be displayed in the Affected Assets Panel grouped by each unique merged static mesh.
  • Each repeated copy of a hierarchy detected in the scene is displayed in the section “Copies in scene” under each group. Unchecked meshes will be ignored in all copies.
• Asset Management:
  • Merged actors are tagged as MergedActor in the scene.
  • Merged assets are saved under Content/User/UserMerged/LevelName.

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See how to apply this operation using the Palatial Editor Interface

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