Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 233

12 | Basics Menus Reference > Edit > Parent Edit > Parent Makes the selected nodes children of the last node you selected (the key object). Select the objects you want to assign to the parent, then shift-select the parent and select Edit > Parent. That is, if two objects are selected in sequence, the first selected object becomes a child of the second selected object. The child objects remain selected after the parent operation is completed, and the parent object is deselected. Related topics ™ "View and edit the hierarchy of nodes" on page 105 ™ "Edit > Unparent" on page 233 Edit > Parent > ˆ Parent Method Select what you want done with the selected object: Move Objects Move the object from its current parent to the new parent (the last selected object). Add Instance Create an instance under the new group instead of moving the object. Preserve Position Turn Preserve Position on to preserve the overall world-space position by changing the parented objects' transformation matrix. Edit > Unparent Related topics ™ "View and edit the hierarchy of nodes" on page 105 ™ "Edit > Parent" on page 233 Edit > Unparent > ˆ Unparent Method Select how you want to unparent the selected object: Parent to World Remove the object from its current parent and place it under the world. Remove Instance Remove a particular instance instead of moving the object. Basics 233