Description

Makes a node a child of another node.

The parent command allows you to build hierarchies among your scene objects. The transformations of an object remain unchanged after the parent operation unless the -adjust option is used. Therefore, if the transformations of the new parent are not identical to the previous parent, the parented object will be in a new absolute worldspace location subsequent to the parent operation.

Functional area

Data manipulators

Command syntax

Syntax

parent [-adjust] [-showProgress] [-ranges] [-adjustOnly]

Arguments

Implied based on currently selected objects. The primary selected object will become the parent of all other selected objects.

Flags

Name	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`adjust`	—	adjustOnly	Recalculates the transform of each child so as to account for the transform of the parent
`showProgress`	—	—	—
`ranges`	—	—	—
`adjustOnly`	—	adjust	—

Return value

void

Examples

select RHEL RMT5 RMT1 RTOE RANK;
parent -adjust; 
// These commands parent the all markers belonging to the right
// foot besides the ankle, to the ankle. After you run this command, you
// can operate on the markers as a unit by transforming just the RANK 
// node.

Additional information

Related commands

unparent