Can you create an InstancedMesh from an AbstractMesh in Typescript?

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In the Instances demo:

http://www.babylonjs.com/Demos/Instances/instances.js

 // Trees
        BABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMesh("", "../../assets/Tree/", "tree.babylon", scene, function (newMeshes) {
            newMeshes[0].material.opacityTexture = null;
            newMeshes[0].material.backFaceCulling = false;
            newMeshes[0].isVisible = false;
            newMeshes[0].position.y = ground.getHeightAtCoordinates(0, 0); // Getting height from ground object

            shadowGenerator.getShadowMap().renderList.push(newMeshes[0]);
            var range = 60;
            var count = 100;
            for (var index = 0; index < count; index++) {
                var newInstance = newMeshes[0].createInstance("i" + index);

ImportMesh returns an AbstractMesh array which is then accessed by index and then .createInstance() is called on it.  There's no method for that in typescript as far as I can see in 2.4 and 2.5.

How can you create an InstancedMesh in Typescript properly?

This seems to work by bypassing types.

        let mesh2 : any = mesh;
        let instance : BABYLON.InstancedMesh = <BABYLON.InstancedMesh> mesh2.createInstance('instance1');

Thanks.

[GameMonetize]

you are correct. This ( <BABYLON.InstancedMesh> mesh2.createInstance('instance1'); ) is the right way to do it

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Awesome - thanks.