maya and w3d cloning

[.::[E|th]::.]

Hi all
I've some problems cloning a w3d object into a world (all exported with
maya)
I've modeled in maya a single object (combined) with 4 shaders. Because of
the way maya build his hierarchies, it put in a single model 2 nodes, one
for visibility and one for transformations (called ObjectNameShape).
Shockwave keep these nodes;

if I clone the first node I can see the object but director tell me that it
has only 1 shader.

if I clone the second one (ObjectNameShape) director tell me that it has 4
shaders but I can't see the object.

So I discovered that I've to import these nodes separately and parent them
each other to see all and modify the shaders. The problem is that at this
point I've fisically 2 models in my scene instead of one. Does anyone know
if there is a method to clone the whole object without have this separation
such as 3dstudiomax do?


Thank you
Miriam

[Dave Mangle]

Have you tried deleting history on the model before you export?

Dave

".::[E|th]::." <miriam@impulse.it> wrote in message
news:c0qsvn$its$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi all
> I've some problems cloning a w3d object into a world (all exported with
> maya)
> I've modeled in maya a single object (combined) with 4 shaders. Because of
> the way maya build his hierarchies, it put in a single model 2 nodes, one
> for visibility and one for transformations (called ObjectNameShape).
> Shockwave keep these nodes;
>
> if I clone the first node I can see the object but director tell me that

it

> has only 1 shader.
>
> if I clone the second one (ObjectNameShape) director tell me that it has 4
> shaders but I can't see the object.
>
> So I discovered that I've to import these nodes separately and parent them
> each other to see all and modify the shaders. The problem is that at this
> point I've fisically 2 models in my scene instead of one. Does anyone know
> if there is a method to clone the whole object without have this

separation

> such as 3dstudiomax do?
>
>
> Thank you
> Miriam
>
>

[Dave Mangle]

Have you tried cheese and crackers?

"Dave Mangle" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c0t3e8$ij7$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Have you tried deleting history on the model before you export?
>
> Dave
>
> ".::[E|th]::." <miriam@impulse.it> wrote in message
> news:c0qsvn$its$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > Hi all
> > I've some problems cloning a w3d object into a world (all exported with
> > maya)
> > I've modeled in maya a single object (combined) with 4 shaders. Because

of

> > the way maya build his hierarchies, it put in a single model 2 nodes,

one

> > for visibility and one for transformations (called ObjectNameShape).
> > Shockwave keep these nodes;
> >
> > if I clone the first node I can see the object but director tell me that

> it

> > has only 1 shader.
> >
> > if I clone the second one (ObjectNameShape) director tell me that it has

4

> > shaders but I can't see the object.
> >
> > So I discovered that I've to import these nodes separately and parent

them

> > each other to see all and modify the shaders. The problem is that at

this

> > point I've fisically 2 models in my scene instead of one. Does anyone

know

> > if there is a method to clone the whole object without have this

> separation

> > such as 3dstudiomax do?
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> > Miriam
> >
> >

>
>