uuderzo Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm looking for a trick that let me change the center position of a parent object (through shift+drag center) without affecting children.It looks like the parent center movement reflects on children positions. In my opinion, children should be compensated while changing parent center.If i have a complex object structure and want to change the rotation center it's a pain.Any hints?Thank you! Umberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Put a frame between parent and children and apply the compensation to the frame?? this could be done retrospectively.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGA Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi Umberto,I do not fully understand the exact visual effect you are trying to achieve but I offer this suggestion in the hope that it may help you: place a PTE Frame object between the existing parent and the children. Any compensating animation will then need to be programmed only once - on the Frame - rather than on each of the children(I hope!)regards,PGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuderzo Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi Umberto,I do not fully understand the exact visual effect you are trying to achieve but I offer this suggestion in the hope that it may help you: place a PTE Frame object between the existing parent and the children. Any compensating animation will then need to be programmed only once - on the Frame - rather than on each of the children(I hope!)regards,PGAThank you Dave and PGA,Yes, but this is a workaround. I'd like the compensation to be applied automatically. I understand that this is not currently possible but it should. Sometimes i need to change the pivot several times on many objects before getting the result i want, and there is the risk to forget to manually apply the compensation even when there is only a single child per parent. This can be frustrating. Maybe a program option that will activate an automatic compensation computing?Greetings! UmbertoP.S. Most 3D modeling applications apply this compensation under the hood, without any user intervention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Umberto,"Trick" = "Workaround"?/>DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuderzo Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Umberto,"Trick" = "Workaround"?/>DGTouche' Greetings! Umberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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