[dvsone1440]

Trying to create a grass group within a larger component.
In other words.. I have situation where I want to create a planter with wheatgrass in it. Then copy that planter around to multiple places in the model as a component. So I have a grass group within the overall planter component. However when I render only the original one I made does the grass work? Any way to make this work?

[JDHill]

It's because everything in a component instance is exported to Maxwell as an instance, including the contained grass group, and grass doesn't support instancing in Maxwell. One solution would be to use groups rather than components, but then you would have to set up the grass parameters in each copy of the group. A better solution is to use a component, but then to run Make Unique on each instance of it, once they've been placed; the plugin data attached to the contained grass group will be duplicated into the unique-ified components, so you don't have to set it up again. Further instances of that component would be subject to the same conditions, though, themselves then being exported as instances.

[dvsone1440]

Well that is easier than creating new ones around to each instance. And I suppose I could have all the planter info inside component I make unique that still as a component so if that changed they would all change... Thanks that is a little better than what I was doing.