# How to fetch child mesh of a .obj? \[Solved\]

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-fetch-child-mesh-of-a-obj-solved/1307>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** obj-loader, textures\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-fetch-child-mesh-of-a-obj-solved/1307 "2017-11-27T05:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![prisoner849](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/prisoner849/32/535_2.png) [@prisoner849](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/prisoner849)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-fetch-child-mesh-of-a-obj-solved/1307/10 "2017-11-27T07:50:34Z")

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😮 Don’t you really see the type of your object??  
It’s not `THREE.Mesh()`, it’s `THREE.Object3D()`. Of course, you can’t apply any colour, because it has no material. You need to look in its children, they are of `THREE.Mesh()`.

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