diff --git a/examples/RoboticsLearning/GripperGraspExample.cpp b/examples/RoboticsLearning/GripperGraspExample.cpp
index 514ac970d..84b5fc7db 100644
--- a/examples/RoboticsLearning/GripperGraspExample.cpp
+++ b/examples/RoboticsLearning/GripperGraspExample.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public:
                 b3RobotSimLoadFileArgs args("");
                 args.m_fileName = "gripper/wsg50_with_r2d2_gripper.sdf";
                 args.m_fileType = B3_SDF_FILE;
+                args.m_useMultiBody = true;
                 b3RobotSimLoadFileResults results;
                 
                 if (m_robotSim.loadFile(args, results) && results.m_uniqueObjectIds.size()==1)
@@ -131,11 +132,10 @@ public:
             {
                 b3RobotSimLoadFileArgs args("");
                 b3RobotSimLoadFileResults results;
-                args.m_fileName = "cube_small.sdf";
+                args.m_fileName = "cube_small.urdf";
                 args.m_startPosition.setValue(0,0,.107);
                 args.m_startOrientation.setEulerZYX(0,0,0);
                 args.m_useMultiBody = false;
-                args.m_fileType = 2;
                 m_robotSim.loadFile(args,results);
             }
             if (1)
diff --git a/examples/RoboticsLearning/b3RobotSimAPI.cpp b/examples/RoboticsLearning/b3RobotSimAPI.cpp
index 634ba3cd2..15cc08a21 100644
--- a/examples/RoboticsLearning/b3RobotSimAPI.cpp
+++ b/examples/RoboticsLearning/b3RobotSimAPI.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ bool b3RobotSimAPI::loadFile(const struct b3RobotSimLoadFileArgs& args, b3RobotS
 			b3SharedMemoryStatusHandle statusHandle;
 			int statusType;
 			b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle command = b3LoadSdfCommandInit(m_data->m_physicsClient, args.m_fileName.c_str());
+            b3LoadSdfCommandSetUseMultiBody(command, args.m_useMultiBody);
 			statusHandle = submitClientCommandAndWaitStatusMultiThreaded(m_data->m_physicsClient, command);
 			statusType = b3GetStatusType(statusHandle);
 			b3Assert(statusType == CMD_SDF_LOADING_COMPLETED);
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.cpp
index e60a4f5d2..98d6d2e19 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.cpp
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetUseMultiBody(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle,
     return 0;
 }
 
+int	b3LoadSdfCommandSetUseMultiBody(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, int useMultiBody)
+{
+    struct SharedMemoryCommand* command = (struct SharedMemoryCommand*) commandHandle;
+    b3Assert(command);
+    b3Assert(command->m_type == CMD_LOAD_SDF);
+    command->m_updateFlags |=URDF_ARGS_USE_MULTIBODY;
+    command->m_sdfArguments.m_useMultiBody = useMultiBody;
+    
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetUseFixedBase(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, int useFixedBase)
 {
     struct SharedMemoryCommand* command = (struct SharedMemoryCommand*) commandHandle;
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.h b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.h
index 6f7b13647..545b70b9e 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.h
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetStartPosition(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle,
 int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetStartOrientation(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, double startOrnX,double startOrnY,double startOrnZ, double startOrnW);
 int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetUseMultiBody(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, int useMultiBody);
 int	b3LoadUrdfCommandSetUseFixedBase(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, int useFixedBase);
+int	b3LoadSdfCommandSetUseMultiBody(b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle commandHandle, int useMultiBody);
 
 ///compute the forces to achieve an acceleration, given a state q and qdot using inverse dynamics
 b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle	b3CalculateInverseDynamicsCommandInit(b3PhysicsClientHandle physClient, int bodyIndex,
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
index f1436516b..5e2970b83 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ void	PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::createJointMotors(btMultiBody* mb)
 }
 
 
-bool PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::loadSdf(const char* fileName, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes)
+bool PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::loadSdf(const char* fileName, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes, bool useMultiBody)
 {
     btAssert(m_data->m_dynamicsWorld);
 	if (!m_data->m_dynamicsWorld)
@@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ bool PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::loadSdf(const char* fileName, char* bufferSe
             MyMultiBodyCreator creation(m_data->m_guiHelper);
 
             u2b.getRootTransformInWorld(rootTrans);
-            bool useMultiBody = true;
             ConvertURDF2Bullet(u2b,creation, rootTrans,m_data->m_dynamicsWorld,useMultiBody,u2b.getPathPrefix(),true);
 
 
@@ -1244,8 +1243,9 @@ bool PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::processCommand(const struct SharedMemoryComm
                         {
                             b3Printf("Processed CMD_LOAD_SDF:%s", sdfArgs.m_sdfFileName);
                         }
+                        bool useMultiBody=(clientCmd.m_updateFlags & URDF_ARGS_USE_MULTIBODY) ? sdfArgs.m_useMultiBody : true;
 
-                        bool completedOk = loadSdf(sdfArgs.m_sdfFileName,bufferServerToClient, bufferSizeInBytes);
+                        bool completedOk = loadSdf(sdfArgs.m_sdfFileName,bufferServerToClient, bufferSizeInBytes, useMultiBody);
                         if (completedOk)
                         {
                             //serverStatusOut.m_type = CMD_SDF_LOADING_FAILED;
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h
index 692bc2dd9..6526fe030 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ protected:
 
     
 
-    bool loadSdf(const char* fileName, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes);
+    bool loadSdf(const char* fileName, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes, bool useMultiBody);
 
 	bool loadUrdf(const char* fileName, const class btVector3& pos, const class btQuaternion& orn,
                              bool useMultiBody, bool useFixedBase, int* bodyUniqueIdPtr, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes);
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryCommands.h b/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryCommands.h
index ac5781639..f7a9812ca 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryCommands.h
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/SharedMemoryCommands.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum EnumSdfArgsUpdateFlags
 struct SdfArgs
 {
 	char m_sdfFileName[MAX_URDF_FILENAME_LENGTH];
+    int m_useMultiBody;
 };
 
 enum EnumUrdfArgsUpdateFlags