FBX material lost in merge or blend

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here is my process… possible this is where the error is…

create a model that have sub object materials in my model software of choice…

export that as FBX

import that into TD

at this point, I have a model that has objects and material IDs and looks correct

now I go DOWN to the base, where I have a Material and a Mesh

I place an OutSop on the mesh, so that it can go up One level go into a MergeSop

I do this for each of the model pieces, so that they become one model again and not individual pieces… then I feed that into an OutSop to go up to the next level and into a BlendSop

At the MergeSop I loose the material… and it becomes a default grey…

I’m missing something that carries the material connection through the blends or I am using the wrong method to blend the models.

thx in advance… mJR

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Materials are applied at the Geometry COMP level, the component that is holding the SOPs. So when you use an Out SOP and gather all your geometry into a single Merge SOP, this is likely outside any Geometry COMP or the containing Geometry COMP doesn’t have a material applied.

You can fix this by applying a Material to a Geometry COMP that contains your Merge SOP, however, since you’ve merged all your geometry together the same material will be applied to the entire geometry.