Maya Parenting object problem...

funkbro

I'm having a problem in Maya.

I have a character with a floating hand and a Shoulder>Elbow>Wrist joint hierarchy coming from the body.

Problem is, when I try to parent the hand to the shoulder the hand goes flying off somewhere.

It worked fine earlier but I've done something and now it's naff.

I've been trying to solve it for an hour or so, but no luck... :poly141:

Any ideas?

Here's a screen grab just for reference:



Cheers

BARDLER

Are you parenting using shift>p or are you using a parent constraint?

Using shift>p will always make the child inherent the transforms and rotation of the parent.

If you are using parent constraint make sure that maintain offset is checked on so that it stays in place.

funkbro

Aha, maintain offset. Guess it was one of those problems which was right under my nose!

Thank you, Bardler