# Expose a Static Mesh Component from Code

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**Created:** [February 1, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/expose-a-static-mesh-component-from-code/54210 "2016-02-01T22:56:02Z")\
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You simply need to initialize your component in your actor constructor and attach it to root.  
In this tutorial, he made it for a camera but, it’s exactly the same idea:

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I hope this help you 🙂

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