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Overview ¶
This tool is useful in character animation when you want characters to pick up, put down, or exchange objects.
Using Dynamic Parent ¶
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Click the Dynamic Parent tool on the Modify or Animation tab.
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Click the child object and press Enter to confirm your selection.
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Move the parent object into the desired position.
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Click the Dynamic Parent tool on the Modify or Animation tab.
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Click the Add Transition button on the operation controls toolbar.
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Click the parent object and press Enter to confirm your selection.
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Click the child object and press Enter to confirm your selection.
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Move the parent object, which should now also move the child object, into the new desired position.
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Make sure that the child object is selected and click the Dynamic Parent tool on the Modify tab.
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Click the End Transition button on the operation controls toolbar.
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Click the child object and press Enter to confirm your selection. This will disconnect the parent and child objects. Once you do this you can connect the child object to a different parent using the same method.
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