mesh hierarchy accessing for 3ds

[simdev]

Hi,
I am looking for a method to...
load my 3ds model file and access a subpart of this mesh
As an example
I have a car with 4 tyres and I want to rotate the tyres of the car during car movement.
So I need to access the 4 wheel sub-meshes and rotate them accordingly

How can I do that in irrlicht
(PS directx is doing something with hierarchy at .X files)

What do you suggest??
Thanks

[xDan]

I'd suggest exporting them as separate meshes, then creating them in Irrlicht as separate scene nodes. The wheels as children of the car.

Either load and position them programmatically or use IrrEdit and export as an irrlicht scene?

I don't think you can orientate parts of the same loaded mesh in such a way. 3DS doesn't have bones or anything either.