This is my first project on zmodeler, and I'm trying to set up the lightbar. The problem I'm having is I'm trying to attach the modules for the take-down lights to the frame of the lightbar (which the rest of the led modules are already attached to.) But when I try to attach the take down modules to the frame, things get all messed up, I can't really describe it but here are pictures before and after attaching

You can see it's black where the take-down modules were along with the thing sticking out of the left-most module. And it's not just black frame over where the take-down modules were, they disappear from the top view as well. I've tried all kinds of things: renaming, changing position in the hierarchy; adding the other module, frame, and take-down modules in a different order. I've also attached the take-down modules to another random object and then added it to the frame only to get a similar affect, it seems anything having to do with these modules will not get added to the frame properly. I figure there is probably some property buried in a menu that is affecting the take-down modules, I just don't know Zmodeler well enough to figure it out.

 

That usually happens when the model's poly count is too high. What i suggest doing is just compound the takedown modules and put it into the lightbar hierarchy.

1 hour ago, majorpaine2015 said:

That usually happens when the model's poly count is too high. What i suggest doing is just compound the takedown modules and put it into the lightbar hierarchy.

Ok. Is that just a matter of hitting the "convert to compound" button with the take-downs selected WITHOUT going through lod'ing? When I was trying to lod before was the only time I used the convert to compound button.

Just make a dummy and compound it to the module. You don't have use lods if you don't want to....I wouldn't

49 minutes ago, majorpaine2015 said:

Just make a dummy and compound it to the module. You don't have use lods if you don't want to....I wouldn't

Does this (the hierarchy) look like what you're saying?

I'm not certain what i'm looking at because i don't know if you compounded the module or just the dummy.

46 minutes ago, majorpaine2015 said:

I'm not certain what i'm looking at because i don't know if you compounded the module or just the dummy.

I went ahead and did the lod'ing since I know how to do that. So made a new dummy (Takedown dummy) with the takedown modules and their copies inside of it in the hierarchy, converted the takedown dummy to compound, and did the lods. Then took that and put it in the frame in the hierarchy 

If the frame is the lightbar itself then you'll have to compound that also and then put the takedown into it.

3 minutes ago, majorpaine2015 said:

If the frame is the lightbar itself then you'll have to compound that also and then put the takedown into it.

Yeah the frame is the lightbar; I'll change that for any future screenshots. I made the lightbar a compound, did the lods. When you say put the takedown into it, you're referring to making the modules a "child" of the lightbar?

Yes

Just to make sure, I have the compounded modules inside the compounded  lightbar

Plz help i have the same problem of attaching but i dont know about making compound i made it to L0 but no change