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MultiMeshInstance3D
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**Inherits:** :ref:`GeometryInstance3D<class_GeometryInstance3D>` **<** :ref:`VisualInstance3D<class_VisualInstance3D>` **<** :ref:`Node3D<class_Node3D>` **<** :ref:`Node<class_Node>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Node that instances a :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>`.

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Description
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**MultiMeshInstance3D** is a specialized node to instance :ref:`GeometryInstance3D<class_GeometryInstance3D>`\ s based on a :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>` resource.

This is useful to optimize the rendering of a high number of instances of a given mesh (for example trees in a forest or grass strands).

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`Using MultiMeshInstance <../tutorials/3d/using_multi_mesh_instance>`

- :doc:`Optimization using MultiMeshes <../tutorials/performance/using_multimesh>`

- :doc:`Animating thousands of fish with MultiMeshInstance <../tutorials/performance/vertex_animation/animating_thousands_of_fish>`

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Properties
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   | :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>` | :ref:`multimesh<class_MultiMeshInstance3D_property_multimesh>` |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>` **multimesh** :ref:`🔗<class_MultiMeshInstance3D_property_multimesh>`

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- |void| **set_multimesh**\ (\ value\: :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>`\ )
- :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>` **get_multimesh**\ (\ )

The :ref:`MultiMesh<class_MultiMesh>` resource that will be used and shared among all instances of the **MultiMeshInstance3D**.

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