Houdini 20.5 Shelf tools

Parent Constraint shelf tool

Changes the parent of a constraint from a point in space to a goal object.

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Overview

This tool is useful for constraining a constrained object to another. For example, you can constrain two things rolling down a hill together.

You need to create a constrained RBD object before you can use this tool.

Note

This constraint will not work with packed primitives. However, you can achieve the equivalent using a constraint network.

Using Parent Constraints

  1. Click the Parent Constraint tool on the Rigid Bodies or Animation tab.

  2. Select the constraint to change parent and press Enter to confirm your selection.

  3. Select the new goal object and press Enter to confirm your selection.

Moving a Parent Constraint

  1. Click the Dynamics Select Mode button on the selector and handle controls toolbar.

  2. Click the constrained object in the scene view.

  3. Click the Dynamics Select Mode button and turn on the Dynamics Modifiers checkbox.

  4. Click the constraint you want to edit and press Enter to display the transformation handles.

Switching to the dynamics level

  1. Click the Dynamics Select Mode button on the selector and handle controls toolbar.

  2. Click the constrained object in the scene view.

See also

Shelf tools

Using the shelf

  • Customize the shelf

    How to change the look of the shelf, change and rearrange its contents, and create your own shelf tools.

Technical