Copying an FBX object

Selected Classes and Data Structures > FBX objects: class KFbxObject >

To copy an FBX object (i.e., an object of any class derived from KFbxObject, use the object’s Copy() member function. For example, to create a copy of a mesh object:

// Assume that myScene is a pointer to a valid scene object

KFbxMesh* mySourceMesh = KFbxMesh::Create (myScene, ““);

. . . // Define control points, etc. for mySourceMesh

// Thhis mesh will be overwritten

KFbxMesh* myTargetMesh = KFbxMesh::Create (myScene, ““);

// Copy the data of mySourceMesh into myTargetMesh

myTargetMesh->Copy(mySourceMesh);

Notes on copying FBX objects

To copy an FBX object, always use the target object’s Copy() function.
When you copy an FBX object, all FBX properties of the source object are automatically copied to the target object. The name of the source object is also copied. Connections, however, are not copied.
The source object and the target object must be instances of the same class.
You cannot use the assignment operator (operator=) to copy FBX objects: it is a private member function.
The Clone() member function is under review: we recommend that you do not use it. It’s behavior, however, should be unchanged from previous versions of FBX SDK.