# Hydra 2.0 Instance Selection

**URL:** <https://forum.aousd.org/t/hydra-2-0-instance-selection/2755>\
**Category:** Hydra\
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/hydra-2-0-instance-selection/2755 "2025-10-29T08:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nicola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@Nicola](https://forum.aousd.org/u/Nicola)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/hydra-2-0-instance-selection/2755/1 "2025-10-29T08:42:28Z")

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I’m trying to select a subset of the instances in a PointInstancer. I see there is the method

UsdImagingGLEngine::AddSelected(SdfPath const &path, int instanceIndex), but looking at the code the instanceIndex is not taken into account if scene indices are being used.

Does it mean that selecting individual instances in a point instancer is not fully supported in Hydra 2.0 or is there any other way to handle that?