# Duplicate SkinnedMesh from another FBX SkinnedMesh, but the replicated SkinnedMesh is not displayed

**URL:** https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** skinned-mesh
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673 "2018-10-25T12:07:28Z")
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### Author: ![alibaba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/alibaba/32/2696_2.png) [@alibaba](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/alibaba)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/1 "2018-10-25T12:07:28Z")

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![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/2X/f/f38fe9be07d6af109011563d5e80694a74fe1680.png)  
The screenshot is the copied SkinnedMesh. I found that its bones data is empty, but I don’t know what to do.please help，thank you

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### Author: ![SlimMarten](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/slimmarten/32/3012_2.png) [@SlimMarten](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/SlimMarten)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/2 "2018-10-25T13:31:35Z")

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how do you copy your skinnedMesh? Can you provide some of your code?

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### Author: ![alibaba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/alibaba/32/2696_2.png) [@alibaba](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/alibaba)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/3 "2018-10-25T13:39:42Z")

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I used the clone function of SkinnedMesh，like this：  
var skinMesh1=new THREE.FBXLoader().parse(fileData);  
var skinMesh2=skinMesh1.clone();  
skinMesh1 is the result of the FBXLoader parse function

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### Author: ![SlimMarten](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/slimmarten/32/3012_2.png) [@SlimMarten](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/SlimMarten)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/5 "2018-10-25T13:53:02Z")

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sorry I had the wrong approach, I guess I can’t help you there.

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### Author: ![alibaba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/alibaba/32/2696_2.png) [@alibaba](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/alibaba)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/6 "2018-10-25T14:09:35Z")

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> [@SlimMarten](#):
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> sorry I had the wrong approach, I guess I can’t help you there.

Thank you so much

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### Author: ![Mugen87](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/mugen87/32/5645_2.png) [@Mugen87](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mugen87)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/7 "2018-10-25T14:36:28Z")

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Cloning `SkinnedMeshes` is not supported so far. You might want to use the code of the following PR in order to achieve what you are looking for.

> <https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/14494>

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### Author: ![Mugen87](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/mugen87/32/5645_2.png) [@Mugen87](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mugen87)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/duplicate-skinnedmesh-from-another-fbx-skinnedmesh-but-the-replicated-skinnedmesh-is-not-displayed/4673/8 "2019-03-26T11:55:02Z")

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`SkeletonUtils.clone()` will be available in the examples with the next release `R103` 🎉

Use it when you have to clone an instance of `THREE.SkinnedMesh()`.