[Bf-committers] Make Parent - shouldn't it work differently?

[Bartek Skorupa (priv)]

Ctl-Alt-P ??????
When I hit it I get a warning: "Can only make proxy for a referenced object or group"
What do I miss?


Bartek Skorupa

www.bartekskorupa.com

On 21 wrz 2012, at 17:06, Nathan Vegdahl <cessen at cessen.com> wrote:

> A transform stack has got my vote. :-)
> 
> Realistically that's probably still a ways off, though.
> 
>> As for the current behaviour, if you:
>> ctrl p
>> then
>> ctrl alt p - clear inverse parent
>> i believe you'll have what you want. Not sure if there is an operator that
>> just does that
> 
> It wouldn't be hard to script up an operator using those two operators.
> 
> --Nathan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Bassam Kurdali <bassam at urchn.org> wrote:
>> What i would like to see here is stack based (modo) or nodal (maya) transforms- that way you could:
>> 
>> expose inverse parent transform
>> get rid of hard coded dx dy dz transforms
>> expose constraint offset transforms, and simplify constraints
>> expose child of constraint
>> freeze transforms ala maya by popping a transform onto stack
>> stack as many offsets as you need for rigging
>> get rid of hard coded transform/constraint order of evaluation
>> get rid of confusion that hidden transforms cause
>> make all hidden transforms editable
>> 
>> some of the benefits I list assume of course that constraints and perhaps parenting are also in the stack/node tree. Most of the previous list is not currently possible.
>> 
>> As for the current behaviour, if you:
>> ctrl p
>> then
>> ctrl alt p - clear inverse parent
>> i believe you'll have what you want. Not sure if there is an operator that just does that (though editing the parent property in the properties editor does. Does it have copy to selected? )
>> 
>> the default behaviour should be kept, of course. Most users want this.
>> 
>> On Fri Sep 21 2012 05:08:08 AM EDT, Remigiusz Fiedler <migius at gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> oops, haven't read your post to the end
>>> 
>>>> There is of-course the option to parent objects using Shift-Ctl-P.
>>>> This creates proper relation between "A"'s transform properties and
>>>> its visual transformations, but it as well moves "A" to "B"'s location
>>>> and it's not always the desired result.
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