Proper way to remove a series of bones?

shoei321

I need to remove a sequence of bones from a figure (and from the scene). Can I just call dzScene->removeNode() on the root bone, or do I need to follow the entire chain and call removeNode() on each? If the latter, does the order matter? E.g. should I start at the end and work my way up to the root?

I've noticed that when you delete a node that has children in the Daz UI it automatically removes any children, but I'm not sure if the behavior is the same using dzScene->removeNode(). I also want to be sure I'm not introducing a memory leak in my code.

Thanks
Ivan

Richard Haseltine

I would certainly work my way from the tips up the hierarchy, but I don't know if that is required or if the parenting will adjust when a parent node is removed. If it's a bone it might be wise to delete its modifiers before the bone, the ERC links before the modifiers.

shoei321

Looks like you can get away with just removing the root bone. I tested this by removing the root bone from the figure and then saw the nodeRemoved signal get fired for all its children automatically.